Superhydrophobic cotton fabrics prepared by sol-gel coating of TiO2 and surface hydrophobization

作者:Xue Chao Hua*; Jia Shun Tian; Chen Hong Zheng; Wang Mang
来源:Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 2008, 9(3): 035001.
DOI:10.1088/1468-6996/9/3/035001

摘要

By coating fibers with titania sol to generate a dual-size surface roughness, followed by hydrophobization with stearic acid, 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorodecyltrichlorosilane or their combination, hydrophilic cotton fabrics were made superhydrophobic. The surface wettability and topology of cotton fabrics were studied by contact angle measurement and scanning electron microscopy. The UV-shielding property of the treated fabrics was also characterized by UV- vis spectrophotometry.