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SUBMITTER: Huang K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7046718 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Huang K K Rowe P P Chi C C Sreepal V V Bohn T T Zhou K-G KG Su Y Y Prestat E E Pillai P Balakrishna PB Cherian C T CT Michaelides A A Nair R R RR
Nature communications 20200227 1
Manipulating the surface energy, and thereby the wetting properties of solids, has promise for various physical, chemical, biological and industrial processes. Typically, this is achieved by either chemical modification or by controlling the hierarchical structures of surfaces. Here we report a phenomenon whereby the wetting properties of vermiculite laminates are controlled by the hydrated cations on the surface and in the interlamellar space. We find that vermiculite laminates can be tuned fro ...[more]