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Fabrication and characterization of superhydrophobic silica nanotrees

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Abstract

Superhydrophobic silica nanotrees were obtained by sol–gel method with hybrid silica sol and jelly-like resorcinol formaldehyde resin. Rough surfaces were obtained by removing the organic polymer at high temperature. After the films with rough surface were modified by trimethylchlorosilane (TMCS), the wettability of the film changed from superhydrophilic to superhydrophobic. The surface roughness of the silica nanotrees film is about 20 nm, and it is transparent and superhydrophobic with a water contact angle higher than 150°.

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This work was supported by the Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Shandong (Grant No. Y2005F28).

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong Institute of Light Industry, Jinan, 250353, People’s Republic of China

    Hui Tian, Taisheng Yang, Dawei Li & Yuqing Chen

  2. Department of Mathematics and Physics, Shandong Institute of Light Industry, Jinan, 250353, People’s Republic of China

    Xingguo Gao

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Tian, H., Gao, X., Yang, T. et al. Fabrication and characterization of superhydrophobic silica nanotrees. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 48, 277–282 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-008-1835-8

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