Superhydrophobicity determines the buoyancy performance of kapok fiber aggregates

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 266, Issue , 2013, Pages 225-229

  Zhang, Xiaoyan ^a   Fu, Wangyang ^b   Duan, Chunting ^a   Xiao, Hong ^c   Shi, Meiwu ^c   Zhao, Ning ^a   Xu, Jian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Quartermaster Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Kapok fiber; Low density; Natural buoyancy material; Superhydrophobicity

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; BUOYANCY; FIBERS;

KAPOK FIBERS; LOW DENSITY; MICRO-NANO-BINARY STRUCTURE; NATURAL BUOYANCY; NATURAL MATERIALS; PARAFFINIC WAX; SELF CLEANING; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY;

HYDROPHOBICITY;

EID: 84872779194     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.11.153     Document Type: Article

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