Shirtcliffe, Neil, McHale, Glen, Newton, Michael, Perry, Carole and Roach, Paul (2005) Porous materials show superhydrophobic to superhydrophilic switching. Chemical Communications (25). pp. 3135-3137. ISSN 1359-7345
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b502896e
Abstract
Switching between superhydrophobicity and superhydrophilicity in porous materials was predicted theoretically and demonstrated experimentally with the example of thermally induced contact angle change; tunability of this system was also demonstrated.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | sol-gel method, silica aerogels, surfaces, lotus, water, superhydrophobic, superhydrophilic, surfactant |
| Subjects: | F100 Chemistry F200 Materials Science F300 Physics |
| Department: | Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering |
| Depositing User: | Glen McHale |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Aug 2012 10:07 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Dec 2023 12:47 |
| URI: | https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/8336 |
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