Sustainable design of non-fluorinated yet oleophobic fibrous surfaces
Sadaf Shabanian, Xiaoxiao Zhao, Samuel Au, Nicole T. Furtak, Kevin Golovin
Abstract
Fluorine-free oleophobic fabrics that can repel ethanol are demonstrated, but the fabric construction largely determines the capillary resistance and current wettability theory is only predictive for plain weave fabric structures.
Topics & Concepts
WettingMaterials scienceCapillary actionComposite materialFluorineMetallurgySurface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsAdhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions