A review on special wettability textiles: theoretical models, fabrication technologies and multifunctional applications

By Shuhui Li, Jianying Huang, Zhong Chen, Guoqiang Chen, Y. Lai. 2017

483 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Inspired by the superhydrophobic lotus surface in nature, special wettability has attracted a lot of interest and attention in both academia and industry. In this review, theoretical models and fabrication strategies of superhydrophobic textiles have been discussed in detail. The strategies for constructing fabric surfaces with an anti-wetting property are categorized and discussed based on the morphology of particles coated on the textile fibre. Such special wettability textile surfaces are demonstrated with self-cleaning, oil/water separation, self-healing, UV-blocking, photocatalytic, anti-bacterial, and flame-retardant performances. Correspondingly, potential applications have been illustrated for self-cleaning, oil/water separation, asymmetric/anisotropic wetting janus fabric, microfluidic manipulation, and micro-templates for patterning. In each section, representative studies are highlighted with emphasis on the special wetting ability and other relevant properties. Finally, the difficulties and challenges for practical application were briefly discussed.

Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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In Biomedical Engineering

1. Zhong Chen
2. Y. Lai
3. Jianying Huang
4. Junlong Song
5. M. Chandrasekaran
6. Shouwei Gao
7. J. Jeevahan

In Electrical and Electronic Engineering

1. Junlong Song

In Surfaces, Coatings and Films

1. Zhong Chen
2. Y. Lai
3. Jianying Huang
4. G. Britto Joseph
5. Shuhui Li
6. G. Mageshwaran
7. R. Durairaj
8. Junlong Song

Citations in the corpus

• Rational construction of highly transparent superhydrophobic coatings based on a non-particle, fluorine-free and water-rich system for versatile oil-water separation (2018, background): “Superhydrophobic surface with a water contact angle (CA) larger than 150o and a sliding angle (SA) lower than 10o has attracted enormous attention in a wide range of fields, including oil-water separation ([1-3]), drag-reduce devices ([4-6]), anti-icing coatings ([7-8]), and anti-wetting textiles ([”
• Superhydrophobic surfaces: a review on fundamentals, applications, and challenges (2018, background): “This results in a slippery contact surface that increases the mobility of liquid drops favoring the easy sliding action of liquid drops.(35,36) If the Cassie–Baxter state is maintained, the drop of liquid can easily move/roll across the solid surface.”
• Superhydrophobic modification of cellulose and cotton textiles: Methodologies and applications (2020, methodology): “Since then, research interests on super-hydrophobicity have grown tremendously, with numerous studies devoted to mimicking natural plants, animals and creatures (Li et al., 2017).”