Fabrication of Ketjen black-high density polyethylene superhydrophobic conductive surfaces

Transforming an intrinsically hydrophilic polymer to a robust self-cleaning superhydrophobic coating via carbon nanotube surface embedding

“…Another issue concerning the CNTcontaining composites is their poor solubility within the polymer matrix. To overcome the mentioned problems, a facile yet effective approach was recently reported for fabrication of superhydrophobic and highly conductive coatings by simply pressing a layer of CNTs on the surface of polymer melts [31,32]. The CNTs are partially embedded inside and partially exposed outside the coating surface through the pressing process.…”

Compression molding processed superhydrophobic CB/CeO2/PVDF/CF nanocomposites with highly robustness, reusability and multifunction

“…CFRP and carbon materials reinforced polymer nanocomposites have good mechanical properties [31][32][33], but they are much more expensive than traditional structural or engineering materials such as iron, aluminum and glass fiber composites etc. Furthermore, the castoffs of CFRP, including the off-cuts from manufacture process and end-of-life components, have reached a severe level [34]. The Landfill Directive (1999/31/EC) adopted by European Union in 1999 puts restrains on the landfilling of composite materials.…”

Facile fabrication of superhydrophobic conductive graphite nanoplatelet/vapor-grown carbon fiber/polypropylene composite coatings

“…In recent years superhydrophobic surfaces have been prepared using carbonaceous materials, including amorphous carbon [14e16], carbon nanotubes [3,16,17], graphene [4] and Ketjen black [8,18]. Up to now, many methods have been used to prepare superhydrophobic surfaces [10,19e26], such as biologically inspired approaches, electrospinning, phase separation, crystal growth, templating, etching, physical or chemical vapor deposition, electrochemical reaction and deposition, solegel processing and self-assembly.…”