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Mudassar Abbas, Hina Iftikhar, Mumtaz Hasan Malik and Ahsan Nazir
Herein, the hydrophobic and self-cleaning properties of three different fabric surfaces have been evaluated after applying titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanofinishes. The nanoparticles were prepared by sol-gel techniques and were characterized by using X-ray d...
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Ilker S. Bayer
Transparent liquid repellent coatings with exceptional wear and abrasion resistance are very demanding to fabricate. The most important reason for this is the fact that majority of the transparent liquid repellent coatings have so far been fabricated by ...
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Cristina Lavinia Nistor, Catalin Ionut Mihaescu, Daniela Bala, Ioana Catalina Gifu, Claudia Mihaela Ninciuleanu, Sabina Georgiana Burlacu, Cristian Petcu, Mariana-Gratiela Vladu, Adi Ghebaur, Lenuta Stroea and Ludmila Otilia Cinteza
A simple and cost-efficient method to modify different surfaces in order to improve their bioactivity, corrosion and wear resistance proved to be sol-gel coatings. The silane layers have been shown to be effective in the protection of steel, aluminum or ...
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Sara Lopez de Armentia, Mariola Pantoja, Juana Abenojar and Miguel Angel Martinez
Silane-based coatings with nanoparticles have been widely used in applications related to surface protection. Between them, the improvement of corrosion resistance by increasing the hydrophobicity is one of the main research goals. However, most coatings...
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Liping Ding, Jianmin Su, Zeyu Cao, Peng Zhu and Yuan Liu
Melamine sponge (MS) has the characteristics of multilayer network structure, high porosity, adjustable pore structure, and low price, which is considered to be an ideal material for oil leakage treatment. Here, a facile, economical, environmental friend...
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Yingchao Du, Xiaomeng Zhang, Lianqi Wei, Bo Yu, Daqing Ma and Shufeng Ye
Protective coatings have received considerable attention for the surface treatment of devices. Herein, in situ grown nanoparticles, TiO2 on Ti3C2Tx sheets (TiO2/Ti3C2Tx), are prepared by a simple hydrothermal oxidation method possessing the layer structu...
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Pedro J. Rivero, David Yurrita, Carlos Berlanga, José F. Palacio and Rafael Rodríguez
In this work, a novel coating was deposited on aluminum alloy samples by using a combination of electrospinning and chemical vapor deposition (CVD-silanization) techniques in order to create a functionalized film with an enhancement of both corrosion res...
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Maria Stefanidou, Katia Matziaris and Georgios Karagiannis
Modern sustainable architecture indicates the use of local natural stones for building. Greek sandstones from Epirus (Demati, Greece, EN 12440) used as building facades meet aesthetic and have high mechanical properties, but the inevitable interaction be...
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Francesca Sbardella, Lucilla Pronti, Maria Laura Santarelli, José Marìa Asua Gonzàlez and Maria Paola Bracciale
The application of coating polymers to building materials is a simple and cheap way to preserve and protect surfaces from weathering phenomena. Due to its environmentally friendly character, waterborne coating is the most popular type of coating, and imp...
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Abdul Majeed Shar, Muhammad Furqan Qureshi, Darya khan Bhutto and Faisal Hussain Memon
Wettability is a key parameter for optimizing the residual oil recovery from geological rock formations and it provides a path for improved oil recovery and geo-storage of energy. Thus, the key motive behind wettability alteration from hydrophobic to hyd...
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Haichao Huang, Yexiang Cui, Zhen Fu, Shuaipeng Wang, Yan Du, Fang Liu and Yanji Zhu
The design and preparation of hydrophobic, wear-resistant, and thermally conductive multifunctional composites is an important direction of scientific research and application. In this study, A-CF/EP/FEP composites were prepared by incorporating APDMS-mo...
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Qiang Li, Hongming Liang, Jinlong Song, Chenguang Guo and Jinbao Tang
High stability and transparent superhydrophobic coating on a glass substrate that can effectively repel the wetting dust as a self-cleaning property are beneficial traits for solving the decrease in optical lens clarity in an unmanned underground mining ...
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Yinyu Sun, Zhongcheng Ke, Caiyun Shen, Ruikang Sun, Qing Wei, Zihan Yin and Wei Yang
Due to the continuous occurrence of water pollution problems, practical separation methods for oil?water mixtures have attracted more and more attention. To date, different kinds of materials have been developed with good hydrophobic properties and stron...
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Yangyang Luo, Ahmed Humayun and David K. Mills
Three-dimensional (3D) printing techniques have received considerable focus in the area of bone engineering due to its precise control in the fabrication of complex structures with customizable shapes, internal and external architectures, mechanical stre...
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Qian Li, Xiaojun Liu, Zhen Lu, Wenjun Yang, Zili Lei and Ming Chang
In this study, covalent conjugation of thrombolytic drug urokinase to water-soluble magnetic nanoparticles (NPs) is proposed to enhance the efficiency of thrombolysis. Hydrophobic NPs of oleic acid (OA)-coated Fe3O4 are first synthesized and then surface...
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Why Ling Tan
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The rise of carbon dioxide (CO2) emission due to the rapid economic growth becomes a global issue since it is the major factor of global warming and climate change. Hence, improving the efficiency of the CO2 capture technology is up most important. CO2 c...
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Milo? Pánek, Eli?ka Oberhofnerová, Ale? Zeidler and Premysl ?edivka
The durability of transparent coatings applied to an oak wood exterior is relatively low due to its anatomic structure and chemical composition. Enhancement of the protection of oak wood against weathering using transparent hydrophobic coatings is presen...
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Milo? Pánek, Eli?ka Oberhofnerová, Ale? Zeidler and Premysl ?edivka
The durability of transparent coatings applied to an oak wood exterior is relatively low due to its anatomic structure and chemical composition. Enhancement of the protection of oak wood against weathering using transparent hydrophobic coatings is presen...
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