Fabrication of superhydrophobic coatings with self-cleaning properties on cotton fabric based on Octa vinyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane/polydimethylsiloxane (OV-POSS/PDMS) nanocomposite

摘要

Hypothesis: Wetting behavior of solid surfaces plays an important role in various industrials and even daily life applications. Controlling the surface wettability through fabricating strongly hydrophilic or hydrophobic properties is achieved by tailoring surface topography and chemical composition. Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSSs) are a class of hybrid materials with the possibility of hydrophobicity enhancement through simultaneous increase in surface roughness and reduction of surface energy.