Wetting behavior of a SiO(2)-polystyrene nanocomposite surface.
A SiO(2)-polystyrene (PS) nanocomposite surface was prepared with a simple method. The wetting behavior of the as-prepared surface was investigated. It was found that the as-prepared surface could be varied from superhydrophilicity to superhydrophobicity just by controlling the drying temperature and the content of SiO(2) nanoparticles in the system. In addition, a transition from the Wenzel regime to the Cassie regime was observed.
Hou
Weixin
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State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China.
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Qihua
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