Bio-inspired titanium dioxide materials with special wettability and their applications

K Liu, M Cao, A Fujishima, L Jiang - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is one of the most widely used nanomaterials in our daily life. In
1972, Fujishima and Honda reported the photo electrolysis of water into H2 and O2 utilizing …

Mimicking natural superhydrophobic surfaces and gras** the wetting process: A review on recent progress in preparing superhydrophobic surfaces

YY Yan, N Gao, W Barthlott - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2011 - Elsevier
A typical superhydrophobic (ultrahydrophobic) surface can repel water droplets from wetting
itself, and the contact angle of a water droplet resting on a superhydrophobic surface is …

TiO2 Nanoparticles as Functional Building Blocks

L Sang, Y Zhao, C Burda - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
TiO2 has been commercially manufactured by the millions of tons to be widely utilized as
pigment, paint additive, and sunscreen to name a few uses, due to its photostability and light …

Superhydrophobic modification of TiO2 nanocomposite PVDF membranes for applications in membrane distillation

A Razmjou, E Arifin, G Dong, J Mansouri… - Journal of membrane …, 2012 - Elsevier
Superhydrophobic membrane for the application in membrane distillation was generated by
creating a hierarchical structure with multilevel roughness via depositing TiO2 nanoparticles …

Nanowire-in-microtube structured core/shell fibers via multifluidic coaxial electrospinning

H Chen, N Wang, J Di, Y Zhao, Y Song, L Jiang - Langmuir, 2010 - ACS Publications
A multifluidic coaxial electrospinning approach is reported here to fabricate core/shell
ultrathin fibers with a novel nanowire-in-microtube structure from more optional fluid pairs …

Beads-on-string structured nanofibers for smart and reversible oil/water separation with outstanding antifouling property

Y Wang, C Lai, X Wang, Y Liu, H Hu… - … Applied Materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
It is challenging to explore a unified solution for the treatment of oily wastewater from
complex sources. Thus, membrane materials with flexible separation schemes are highly …

Recent progress in fabrication and characterisation of hierarchical biomimetic superhydrophobic structures

BN Sahoo, B Kandasubramanian - Rsc Advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Here, we have reviewed brief ideas of fabrication of superhydrophobic surfaces and their
important applications, which were discussed in the concluded national/international …

Superhydrophobic and photocatalytic self-cleaning cotton

S Afzal, WA Daoud, SJ Langford - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
A superhydrophobic cotton fabric exhibiting photocatalytic self-cleaning properties under
visible-light was prepared by step-wise deposition of anatase TiO2, meso-tetra (4 …

Applications of plasma technology in development of superhydrophobic surfaces

R Jafari, S Asadollahi, M Farzaneh - Plasma Chemistry and Plasma …, 2013 - Springer
Superhydrophobic surfaces, originally inspired by nature, have gained a lot of interest in the
past few decades. Superhydrophobicity is a term attributed to the low adhesion of water …

Fabrication and application of superhydrophilic surfaces: a review

L Zhang, N Zhao, J Xu - Journal of Adhesion Science and …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Extreme wetting behaviors have been the subject of numerous studies in recent decades.
Superhydrophilic surfaces with water contact angle lower than 5° is one of the most exciting …