oleophobicity – TechConnect Briefs

A Bulk, Low Energy Surface Treatment for Three Dimensional Substrates via CVD Processing

Smith D., Patterson L., SilcoTek Corporation, US

There are myriad potential applications and a significant need for low energy surfaces. The gas-phase modification of three dimensional structures, such as fittings, tubing, valves, or manifold blocks, in high volume, to give hydrophobic and [...]

Merino Wool Surfaces Made Superhydrophobic

Herzog M.B., Johnston J.H., Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, NZ

Natural merino wool fibres have been used to fabricate wash-fast nonwoven textile surfaces with superhydrophobic and oleophobic properties. Wet felted samples were used to study the effect of the fibre diameter and the degree of [...]

Hybrid Polymeric-Ceramic Nanostructured Materials

Guillen G.R., Hoek E.M.V., Kaner R.B., Water Planet Engineering, US

UCLA professors have collaborated to develop a portfolio of IP around the synthesis of a new class of polymeric-ceramic nanostructures, coating films and membranes. As membranes, these novel materials exhibit microfiltration like productivity with nanofiltration-like [...]

Hybrid Polymeric-Ceramic Nanostructured Materials

Guillen G.R., Hoek E.M.V., Kaner R.B., Water Planet Engineering, US

UCLA professors have collaborated to develop a portfolio of IP around the synthesis of a new class of polymeric-ceramic nanostructures, coating films and membranes. As membranes, these novel materials exhibit microfiltration like productivity with nanofiltration-like [...]