Ruixia Yuan

TL;DR: In this article, a carbon nanotubes (CNTs) reinforced polyurethane (PU) sponge is presented that shows superhydrophobic and superoleophilic properties.

TL;DR: This coating demonstrates stable nonwetting performance over a wide temperature range (<400 °C), as well as outstanding self-cleaning ability to prevent contamination by sludge, concentrated H2SO4, and ethylene glycol and significantly improved anticorrosion performance as compared to the bare ETFE coating and ETFE composite coating without PANI/fCNTs.

TL;DR: In this article, super-hydrophobic electrospun poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) membranes with controllable structure and tunable wettability have been achieved through incorporating ZnO nanoparticles and ammonia treatment for PVDF and/or post-chemical treatment on polymer membrane.

TL;DR: A robust wear/corrosion-resistant super-hydrophobic polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)/fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP)/carbon nanofibers (CNFs) composite coating with a water contact angle (WCA) of 164 −± 1.5° and a slide angle of 5 −± 0.2° has been fabricated through the combination of chemical etching and spraying technique as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, a chemical-free method is developed to convert cotton fabric into reactive mesoporous carbon via optimized carbonization and oxidation processes, which serves as both catalyst support and reactant which controls the nucleation/growth of Ag nanoparticles.