A brief review of surface-functionalized cotton fabrics

Surface Innovations

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 140-156

  Cortese, Barbara ^a   Caschera, Daniela ^a   Padeletti, Giuseppina ^a   Ingo, Gabriel M ^a   Gigli, Giuseppe ^b,c,d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Nanotechnology; Plasma processing; Superhydrophilic; Superhydrophobic; Surface characterization; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTACT ANGLE; COTTON; ELECTRIC CORONA; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); NANOTECHNOLOGY; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SOL-GELS; TEXTILES; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

ENZYMATIC MODIFICATION; FUNCTIONAL MODIFICATION; PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES; STRATEGIC REQUIREMENTS; SUPER-HYDROPHILIC; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION; TRADITIONAL MATERIALS;

SURFACE TREATMENT;

EID: 84893128809     PISSN: 20506252     EISSN: 20506260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/si.13.00008     Document Type: Review

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