Superhydrophobic foam-like cellulose made of hydrophobized cellulose fibres

Cellulose

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1735-1743

  Tejado, Alvaro ^a,b   Chen, Wei Chung ^a   Alam, Md Nur ^a   van de Ven, Theo G M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cellulose foam; Superhydrophobic; Surface polymerization; Trichloromethylsilane (TCMS); Vapour deposition

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; ETHANOL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROPOROSITY; TEXTILE FIBERS; VAPORS;

INTERNAL SURFACES; MICRO-PORE STRUCTURES; POLYMERIC COATINGS; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC MATERIALS; SURFACE POLYMERIZATION; TRICHLOROMETHYLSILANE (TCMS); VAPOUR DEPOSITION;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EID: 84901200446     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-014-0247-x     Document Type: Article

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