Ultrahydrophobic Textiles Using Nanoparticles: Lotus Approach

It is well established that the water wettability of ma-terials is governed by both the chemical composition and the geometrical microstructure of the surface.1 Traditional textile wet processing treatments do in-deed rely fundamentally upon complete wetting out of a textile structure to achieve sat...

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Main Authors: Karthik Ramaratnam, Ph.D., Swaminatha K. Iyer, Ph.D., Mark K. Kinnan, George Chumanov, Ph.D., Phillip J. Brown, Ph.D., Igor Luminov, Ph.D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2008-12-01
Series:Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics
Online Access:http://www.jeffjournal.org/papers/Volume3/3.4.1_Brown.pdf