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Asymmetrically superhydrophobic cotton fabrics fabricated by mist polymerization of lauryl methacrylate

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A graft-polymerization process with atomized lauryl methacrylate as monomer is used to fabricate fluorine-less and asymmetrically superhydrophobic cotton fabrics. The polymers synthesized in the process can form nanoscale hierarchical structures on the cotton surface, and the surface morphology can be controlled by choosing a suitable solvent or by varying the feeding quantity of the monomer mist stream. After applying the surface modification to cotton fabrics, an asymmetrically superhydrophobic surface is achieved without any additional nanosized particles, and the solvent damages on the cotton fabrics are controllable at a very low level. Surface characterization reveals that the modified side of the cotton fabric has laundering-durable and mechanically stable superhydrophobicity with a water contact angle of more than 150°, whereas the opposite inherits the hydrophilic property of pristine cotton fabric. The modified cotton fabrics are found to have medium-level water-absorbing ability between pristine cotton and PET fabrics, as well as good vapor transmissibility similar to pristine cotton fabric. These properties are of great significance in textile and medical applications.

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This work was financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (LY12E03007), the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, the State Education Ministry (1101603-C).

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Wang, L., Xi, G.H., Wan, S.J. et al. Asymmetrically superhydrophobic cotton fabrics fabricated by mist polymerization of lauryl methacrylate. Cellulose 21, 2983–2994 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-014-0275-6

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