Construction of hydrophobic wood surfaces by room temperature deposition of rutile (TiO 2 ) nanostructures

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 328, Issue , 2015, Pages 453-458

  Zheng, Rongbo ^a   Tshabalala, Mandla A ^b   Li, Qingyu ^a   Wang, Hongyan ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG FORESTRY ACADEMY   (China)

Author keywords

Nanostructure; Rutile TiO 2; Superhydrophobicity; Water uptake; Wood surface

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDE MINERALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUTIONS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; NACL AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE DEPOSITION; RUTILE TIO2; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; WATER CONTACT ANGLE (WCA); WATER UPTAKE; WOOD SURFACES;

WOOD;

HYDROLYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84922215524     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.12.083     Document Type: Article

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