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Multifunctional superamphiphobic fabrics with asymmetric wettability for one-way fluid transport and templated patterning

Cellulose volume 24, pages 1129–1141 (2017)Cite this article

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In this work, multifunctional superamphiphobic fabrics with special wettability were constructed by a facile dip-coating or electrospraying process using easily available materials, viz. silica nanoparticles, heptadecafluorononanoic, and fluoroalkyl silane. The obtained HFA–FAS–SiO2 NPs@surface exhibited a contact angle (CA) of 166.4 ± 3.7° and 155.9 ± 2.1° to water and hexadecane, respectively. In addition, this surface also showed stable repellency toward various corrosive droplets at a wide range of pH values, including HCl (pH = 1), NaCl (pH = 7), and NaOH (pH = 14) solutions. After immersion in the strong acid and base solutions for 24 h, the cotton surface still maintained excellent anti-wetting property. The surface was durable enough to withstand 120 cycles of abrasion and 5 cycles of accelerated standard laundry and still kept a water CA higher than 140° and an oil CA higher than 120°. Another treatment method adopted in this work, electrospraying has been proved to be able to realize asymmetric wetting with one side displaying highly anti-wetting behavior and the other side retaining the inherent hydrophilic and oleophilic nature of the pristine cotton fabric. Based on this special wettability, the obtained fabric could display a one-way directional transport feature. This method can also be extended to create hydrophilically and oleophilically patterned superamphiphobic cotton fabrics using a template. This novel fabric is useful for the development of intelligent cellulose-based substrates for various applications.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21501127, 51502185), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China (BK20140400). The project was partially supported by King Saud University, Vice Deanship of Scientific Research Chairs. We also acknowledge the funds from the project of the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD), Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China (15KJB430025), and Project for Jiangsu Scientific and Technological Innovation Team (2013).

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  1. National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China

    Hui Liu, Jianying Huang, Feiyang Li, Ke-Qin Zhang & Yuekun Lai

  2. Research Center of Cooperative Innovation for Functional Organic/Polymer Material Micro/Nanofabrication, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China

    Ke-Qin Zhang & Yuekun Lai

  3. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore

    Zhong Chen

  4. Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

    Salem S. Al-Deyab

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Liu, H., Huang, J., Li, F. et al. Multifunctional superamphiphobic fabrics with asymmetric wettability for one-way fluid transport and templated patterning. Cellulose 24, 1129–1141 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-016-1177-6

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Keywords

  • Superamphiphobic
  • Dip-coating
  • Electrospraying
  • Asymmetric wettability
  • Patterned fabric