A self-roughened and biodegradable superhydrophobic coating with UV shielding, solar-induced self-healing and versatile oil-water separation ability

• Main Authors: Dong, Xiuli, Gao, Shouwei, Huang, Jianying, Li, Shuhui, Zhu, Tianxue, Cheng, Yan, Zhao, Yan, Chen, Zhong, Lai, Yuekun
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Superhydrophobic Coatings; Oil–water Separation Properties
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143355
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Traditional superhydrophobic coatings prepared from non-degradable materials tend to do harm to the environment throughout the fabrication process as well as after being discarded. Great efforts have been devoted to exploring more environmentally friendly approaches and materials to settle this prob...