Issue 36, 2014
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A

A review on ‘self-cleaning and multifunctional materials’

Prathapan Ragesh,a   V. Anand Ganesh,b   Shantikumar V. Naira  and  A. Sreekumaran Nair*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Amrita Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, AIMS Ponekkara PO, Kochi 682041, Kerala, India
E-mail: sreekumarannair@aims.amrita.edu

b Engineering Product Development (EPD) Pillar, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), 20 Dover Drive, Singapore – 138682

Abstract

This review article exemplifies the importance of self-cleaning materials and coatings. Self-cleaning coatings are becoming an integral part of our daily life because of their utility in various applications such as windows, solar panels, cements, and paints. In this review, various categories of materials for the fabrication of hydrophilic, hydrophobic, oleophobic, amphiphobic and multifunctional coatings and their synthesis routes have been discussed. Furthermore, different natural organisms exhibiting superhydrophobic behaviour have been analysed. This review also covers the fundamentals of self-cleaning attributes such as water contact angle, surface energy, and contact angle hysteresis.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4TA02542C
Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
21 May 2014
Accepted
18 Jun 2014
First published
25 Jun 2014

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014,2, 14773-14797

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P. Ragesh, V. Anand Ganesh, S. V. Nair and A. S. Nair, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 14773 DOI: 10.1039/C4TA02542C

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