Superhydrophobic and highly luminescent polyfluorene/silica hybrid coatings deposited onto glass and cellulose-based substrates

Langmuir

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3718-3726

  De Francisco, Raquel ^a   Hoyos, Mario ^a   García, Nuria ^a   Tiemblo, Pilar ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; COATINGS; COMPOSITE COATINGS; ESTERS; FILTRATION; FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS; FLUORESCENCE; GLASS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROFILTRATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; FILTRATION MEMBRANES; LIGHT TRANSMITTANCE; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PREPARATION PROCEDURES; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC COATINGS; WAVELENGTH DISTRIBUTION;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84926429757     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00293     Document Type: Article

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