Fabrication of Cotton Fabric with Superoleophilic/Superhydrophobic Characteristic on the Modified Surface by Using Fluoroalkylated Oligomeric Silica/Triazine Derivative Nanocomposites

Abstract

Two fluoroalkylated vinyltrimethoxysilane oligomer (R F -(CH 2 CHSi(OMe) 3 ) n -R F ; n = 2, 3; R F = CF(CF 3 )OC 3 F 7 :R F -VMSi) in methanol reacted with aqueous sodium carbonate solution containing 2-hydroxy-4,6-dichloro-1,3,5-triazine sodium salt (TAZ) to provide two fluoroalkylated oligomeric silica/TAZ nanocomposites (R F -VMSiO 2 /TAZ). The original cotton fabric gives an oleophilic/hydrophilic property on its surface; however, modified cotton fabric surface with R F -VMSiO 2 /TAZ composites was demonstrated to provide highly oleophobic/superhydrophobic property on the surface. We can observe a remarkable time-dependent decrease of the contact angle of dodecane (oil) on the modified surfaces, and the contact angles of dodecane were found to decrease effectively from 55 • -83 • to 0 • over 5-30 s to supply superoleophilicity with keeping the superhydrophobic property on the surfaces. The modified cotton fabric having superoleophilic/superhydrophobic property was applicable to the separation membrane to separate oil and water. Interestingly, modified cotton fabric was found to adsorb efficiently only droplets of oil spread on the water interface due to its unique surface wettability.

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Strongly Hydrophobic and Superoleophilic PMMA Based Nanocoated Cotton Fabrics

“…Moreover, diblock copolymers, poly[(methyl methacrylate)-b-(trifluoroethyl methacrylate)] (PMMA-b-PTFMA), and diblock copolymer of poly[(methyl methacrylate)-b-(lauryl methacrylate)] (PMMA-b-PLMA) have been grafted to the surface of cotton fabric to obtain superhydrophobic cotton fabric [46,47]. Recently, Yamashita et al [48] have developed superhydrophobic and superoleophilic cotton fabrics by surface modification using fluoroalkylated oligomeric silica/triazine derivative, which is rather complex chemistry.…”