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Fabrics with Tunable Oleophobicity

  1. Wonjae Choi1,
  2. Anish Tuteja2,
  3. Shreerang Chhatre2,
  4. Joseph M. Mabry3,
  5. Robert E. Cohen2,*,
  6. Gareth H. McKinley1,*

Article first published online: 16 MAR 2009

DOI: 10.1002/adma.200802502

Issue

Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 21, Issue 21, pages 2190–2195, June 5, 2009

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How to Cite

Choi, W., Tuteja, A., Chhatre, S., Mabry, J. M., Cohen, R. E. and McKinley, G. H. (2009), Fabrics with Tunable Oleophobicity. Adv. Mater., 21: 2190–2195. doi: 10.1002/adma.200802502

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 02139 (USA)

  2. 2

    Department of Chemical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 02139 (USA)

  3. 3

    Space and Missile Propulsion Division Air Force Research Laboratory Edwards Air Force Base, CA 93524 (USA)

*Department of Chemical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 02139 (USA).

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 2 JUN 2009
  2. Article first published online: 16 MAR 2009
  3. Manuscript Revised: 16 JAN 2009
  4. Manuscript Received: 26 AUG 2008

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Keywords:

  • Dip-coating;
  • Superoleophobic;
  • Super-repellency;
  • Superwetting;
  • Tunable wettability
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A simple “dip-coating” process that imbues oleophobicity to various surfaces that inherently possess re-entrant texture, such as commercially available fabrics, is reported. These dip-coated fabric surfaces exhibit reversible, deformation-dependent, tunable wettability, including the capacity to switch their surface wetting properties (between super-repellent and super-wetting) against a wide range of polar and nonpolar liquids.

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