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Superhydrophobic PET fabrics achieved by silica nanoparticles and water-repellent agent

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We report herein a superhyrodrophobic poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) fabric prepared through a biomimetic method of the Lotus effect. To attain the Lotus effect on the PET fabrics, physical roughness and chemical hydrophobicity were controlled by adopting silica nanoparticles and a commercial water-repellent agent, respectively. For this, narrow-size distributed silica nano-particles were prepared by a sol-gel process. The water contact angle on PET fabric treated with both silica nanoparticles and water-repellent agent reached 158°, which was much higher than 137° reached by the fabric treated with the water-repellent agent only.

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    Geun Yeol Bae, Young Gyu Jeong & Byung Gil Min

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Bae, G.Y., Jeong, Y.G. & Min, B.G. Superhydrophobic PET fabrics achieved by silica nanoparticles and water-repellent agent. Fibers Polym 11, 976–981 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-010-0976-x

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