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Superhydrophobic materials with good oil/water separation and self-cleaning property

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A simple, efficient, and economical method was developed to fabricate superhydrophobic surfaces on various substrates, including wood, bamboo, cotton, filter paper, sponge, glass, textile, and copper. This method involves synthesizing a two-component modifier solution consisting of SiO2 nanoparticles combined with poly(methylhydrogen)siloxane (PMHS) modification. The superhydrophobicity of the coated surfaces was created by PMHS combined with SiO2 nanoparticles to construct a rough hierarchical structure on the surface of the substrate. All superhydrophobic surfaces were maintained at a relative humidity of 50% for 30 days in an indoor environment and subsequently, the superhydrophobic surfaces were kept minus 20 °C for 24 h. It was confirmed that these surfaces exhibited excellent self-cleaning, oil/water separation, and elimination of underwater oil properties. The method for fabricating superhydrophobic materials proposed in this study will have great potential to prepare large-scale superhydrophobic surfaces for use in ancient building protection.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the support from the Leading Project of Fujian Province of China (2019H0008) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61505029).

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    Wensheng Lin, Mengting Cao, Kehinde Olonisakin, Ran Li, Xinxiang Zhang & Wenbin Yang

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Lin, W., Cao, M., Olonisakin, K. et al. Superhydrophobic materials with good oil/water separation and self-cleaning property. Cellulose 28, 10425–10439 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-021-04175-0

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