Directional water-transfer through fabrics induced by asymmetric wettability

Hongxia Wang, Jie Ding, Liming Dai, Xungai Wang, Tong Lin

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Abstract

Fabrics having an interesting unidirectional water-transfer effect have been prepared by a special coating technique to create a wettability gradient across the fabric thickness, and the treated fabrics also show considerably different breakthrough pressures on the two fabric sides.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7938-7940
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Materials Chemistry
Volume20
Issue number37
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Oct 2010
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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