Temperature-triggered collection and release of water from fogs by a sponge-like cotton fabric

Helen Yang; Haijin Zhu; Marco M.R.M. Hendrix; Niek J.H.G.M. Lousberg; Gijsbertus De With; A. Catarina C. Esteves; John Haozhong Xin

doi:10.1002/adma.201204278

Temperature-triggered collection and release of water from fogs by a sponge-like cotton fabric

Helen Yang, Haijin Zhu, Marco M.R.M. Hendrix, Niek J.H.G.M. Lousberg, Gijsbertus De With, A. Catarina C. Esteves, John Haozhong Xin

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Abstract

A sponge-like cotton fabric autonomously collects and releases water from fogs triggered by typical day-and-night temperature variations. The reversible switching between absorbing-superhydrophilic/releasing-superhydrophobic states results from structural changes of a temperature-responsive polymer grafted on the very rough fabric-surface. This material and concept presents a breakthrough into simple and versatile solutions for collection, uni-directional flow, and purification of water captured from the atmosphere.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1150-1154
Number of pages	5
Journal	Advanced Materials
Volume	25
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201204278
Publication status	Published - 25 Feb 2013

Keywords

fabrics
temperature-responsive
water collection
wettability

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General Materials Science
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

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