UV-Driven Reversible Switching of a Polystyrene/Titania Nanocomposite Coating between Superhydrophobicity and Superhydrophilicity Export

@article{citeulike:5216995, abstract = {Hydrophilic titania (TiO2) nanoparticles were dispersed in solutions of polystyrene (PS), and the suspensions were cast on glass surfaces. The effect of drying temperature on the hydrophobic character of PS/TiO2 was investigated: the static water contact angle increased with the drying temperature, and the as-prepared coating could be adjusted from superhydrophilicity to superhydrophobicity just by controlling the drying temperature. Moreover, the superhydrophobic coating turning into a superhydrophilic one (CA < 5°) after UV illumination, which can be recovered through being heated.}, author = {Hou, Weixin and Wang, Qihua}, citeulike-article-id = {5216995}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la900151y}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/la900151y}, day = {16}, doi = {10.1021/la900151y}, journal = {Langmuir}, keywords = {ps, switching, tio2, tunable-ca, uv}, month = {June}, number = {12}, pages = {6875--6879}, posted-at = {2009-07-21 09:43:02}, priority = {2}, title = {UV-Driven Reversible Switching of a Polystyrene/Titania Nanocomposite Coating between Superhydrophobicity and Superhydrophilicity}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la900151y}, volume = {25}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5216995 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5216995 N2 - Hydrophilic titania (TiO2) nanoparticles were dispersed in solutions of polystyrene (PS), and the suspensions were cast on glass surfaces. The effect of drying temperature on the hydrophobic character of PS/TiO2 was investigated: the static water contact angle increased with the drying temperature, and the as-prepared coating could be adjusted from superhydrophilicity to superhydrophobicity just by controlling the drying temperature. Moreover, the superhydrophobic coating turning into a superhydrophilic one (CA < 5°) after UV illumination, which can be recovered through being heated. IS - 12 JF - Langmuir EP - 6879 TI - UV-Driven Reversible Switching of a Polystyrene/Titania Nanocomposite Coating between Superhydrophobicity and Superhydrophilicity VL - 25 SP - 6875 KW - ps KW - switching KW - tio2 KW - tunable-ca KW - uv AU - Hou, Weixin AU - Wang, Qihua PY - 2009/06/16/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la900151y ER -