Cocoon-in-web-like superhydrophobic aerogels from hydrophilic polyurea and use in environmental remediation

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 6872-6882

  Leventis, Nicholas ^a   Chidambareswarapattar, Chakkaravarthy ^a   Bang, Abhishek ^a   Sotiriou Leventis, Chariklia ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

aerogels; Cassie Baxter; hydrogen bonding; oil spill cleanup; polyurea; superhydrophobic

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; ELECTROSPINNING; FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NANOSTRUCTURES; OIL SPILLS; SOL-GELS;

ALIPHATIC TRIISOCYANATE; CASSIE-BAXTER; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HYDROPHOBIC PROPERTIES; POLYUREAS; SOL-GEL POLYMERIZATION; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC AEROGELS;

AEROGELS;

EID: 84900849864     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am500685k     Document Type: Conference Paper

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