Fabrication of a superhydrophobic carbon nanotube coating with good reusability and easy repairability

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 444, Issue , 2014, Pages 252-256

  Zhu, Xiaotao ^a   Zhang, Zhaozhu ^a   Ge, Bo ^a,b   Men, Xuehu ^a   Zhou, Xiaoyan ^a,b  

^a LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Easy repairability; Reusability; Superhydrophobic coatings

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; HYDROPHOBICITY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); REUSABILITY;

CARBON NANOTUBE COATINGS; MECHANICAL ABRASION; MECHANICAL DAMAGES; REGENERATION PROCESS; REPAIRABILITY; SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC COATINGS; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY;

COATINGS;

MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; OIL; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGENERATION; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 84892898955     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.12.066     Document Type: Article

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