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SUBMITTER: Ramakrishna S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4683526 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ramakrishna S S Santhosh Kumar K S KS Mathew Dona D Reghunadhan Nair C P CP
Scientific reports 20151218
Superhydrophobic (SH) materials are essential for a myriad of applications such as anti-icing and self-cleaning due to their extreme water repellency. A single, robust material simultaneously possessing melt-coatability, bulk water repellency, self-cleanability, self-healability, self-refreshability, and adhesiveness has been remaining an elusive goal. We demonstrate a unique class of melt-processable, bulk SH coating by grafting long alkyl chains on silica nanoparticle surface by a facile one-s ...[more]