A facile approach to achieve bioinspired PDMS@Fe3O4 fabric with switchable wettability for liquid transport and water collection

• Published in: Journal of materials chemistry. A, Materials for energy and sustainability Vol. 6; no. 45; pp. 22741 - 22748
• Main Authors: Li, Deke, Huang, Jinxia, Han, Guocai, Guo, Zhiguang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Royal Society of Chemistry 2018
• Subjects: Droplets; Fabrics; Fog; Harvesting; Iron oxides; Lubricants; Magnetic fields; Mimicry; Polydimethylsiloxane; Repellency; Silicone resins; Switching; Transport; Water harvesting; Wettability

Inspired by the lotus and pitcher plants, a transformable liquid repellent fabric surface was fabricated through a facile one-pot method. The as-prepared PDMS@Fe3O4 fabric surface can not only repel liquid droplets akin to the lotus leaf, but also to some extent maintain a nearly lubricant-infused s...