A simple cost-effective and eco-friendly wet chemical process for the fabrication of superhydrophobic cotton fabrics

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 277, Issue , 2013, Pages 302-309

  Richard, Edna ^a   Lakshmi, R V ^a   Aruna, S T ^a   Basu, Bharathibai J ^a  

^a SURFACE ENGINEERING DIVISION   (India)

Author keywords

Cotton fabric; Microstructure; Roughness; Superhydrophobic; Water contact angle

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COTTON; COTTON FABRICS; DROPS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEARIC ACID; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); ZINC COMPOUNDS;

COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; WATER CONTACT ANGLE; WATER CONTACT ANGLE (WCA); WET CHEMICAL PROCESS;

HYDROPHOBICITY;

EID: 84878019851     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.04.052     Document Type: Article

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