Superwetting Polymeric Composites
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2019) | Viewed by 10119
Special Issue Editors
Interests: superwetting materials; polymeric composites; oil/water separation; surface modification; surface free energy
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Interests: membrane; graphene; positron; surface modification; liquid separation
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Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to submit your work to a Special Issue on "Preparations and Applications of Superwetting Polymeric Composites ". The performance of a polymer material is often dictated by its surface properties, such as its wettability. The wettability of a surface is determined by a combination of its chemical properties and topographical microstructures. Over the past 15 years, bioinspired polymeric composites possessing superwetting properties (superhydrophobicity, superhydrophilicity, superoleophobicity, and superoleophilicity) have attracted a large amount of commercial and academic attention due to their wide range of applications, such as waterproofing, anti-fogging, antifouling, anti-icing, fluidic drag reduction, anti-corrosion, oil/water separation, and functional textiles. Although superwetting polymeric composites are already used in a variety of products today, there is still a need to development new materials to improve their performance and enhance applications.
In particular, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Superhydrophobic polymeric composites.
- Superamphiphobic polymeric composites.
- Polymeric composites with anisotropic or patterned wettabilities.
- Polymeric composites with switchable wettability.
- Superhydrophilic polymeric composites.
- Slippery liquid-infused porous polymeric composites.
- Functional textiles with superwetting properties.
Prof. Chif-Feng Wang
Prof. Wei-Song Hung
Guest Editors
Keywords
- Superhydrophobic
- Superhydrophilic
- Superoleophobic
- Superoleophilic
- Slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces
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