A smart "strider" can float on both water and oils

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 21355-21362

  Qin, Liming ^a   Zhao, Jie ^a   Lei, Shengbin ^a   Pan, Qinmin ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

mussel inspired process; smart aquatic device; supporting force; TiO2 nanoparticles; UV switchable wettability

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSCS; NANOPARTICLES; OIL SPILLS; OXIDE MINERALS; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER RESOURCES; WETTING;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; NOVEL MATERIALS; SMART AQUATIC DEVICE; SUPEROLEOPHOBICITY; SUPPORTING FORCES; SWITCHABLE; UV ILLUMINATIONS; WATER ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION;

TIO2 NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84917677963     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am506317h     Document Type: Article

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