superhydrophilic – TechConnect Briefs

Superhydrophobic and Superhydrophilic Surfaces

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

A new generation of materials possessing a wide range of possible consumer applications such as water harvesting, stain resistant self-cleaning and water-repellent breathable surfaces are being fabricated. Based on nature’s example of the stenocara beetle, [...]

Flame Deposition of Superhydrophobic and Superhydrophilic Nanoparticle Coatings on Paperboard Materials

Aromaa M., Haapanen J., Teisala H., Tuominen M., Stepien M., Saarinen J.J., Toivakka M., Kuusipalo J., Mäkelä J.M., Tampere University of Technology, FI

Liquid Flame Spray is one of the flame aerosol methods for the nanoparticle synthesis. Here, it is used in depositing the particles directly on a moving roll-to-roll substrate. The deposition process is performed in a [...]

Carbon Nanotube Arrays with Tunable Wettability and Their Applications

Indrat Aria A., California Institute of Technology, US

A combination of UV/ozone treatment and vacuum-pyrolysis process that can be used for fine tuning the wetting properties of the CNTs is introduced. In contrast to the widely known wet-chemical methods the UV/ozone treatment is [...]

Engineered Nanostructures for High Thermal Conductivity Substrates

Varanasi K.K., Chamarthy P., Chauhan S., de Bock P., Kulkarni A., Mandrusiak G., Rush B., Russ B., Denault L., Weaver S., Gerner F., Leland Q., Yerkes K., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US

In the DARPA Thermal Ground Plane (TGP) program, GE and its partners, the University of Cincinnati and the Air Force Research Laboratory, are developing a new thermal technology that will enable a monumental thermal technological [...]