title: Superhydrophobic cotton fabrics prepared by sol-gel coating of TiO2and surface hydrophobization.
abstract: By coating fibers with titania sol to generate a dual-size surface roughness, followed by hydrophobization with stearic acid, 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodecyltrichlorosilane or their combination, hydrophilic cotton fabrics were made superhydrophobic. The surface wettability and topology of cotton fabrics were studied by contact angle measurement and scanning electron microscopy. The UV-shielding property of the treated fabrics was also characterized by UV-vis spectrophotometry.
authors.affiliation: College of Resource and Environment, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, People's Republic of China; Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Chao-Hua
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.affiliation: College of Resource and Environment, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Shun-Tian
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.affiliation: Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Hong-Zheng
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Mang
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
keywords: UV shielding; cotton fabrics; superhydrophobicity; titania sol