Super pressure-resistant superhydrophobic fabrics with real self-cleaning performance.

ABSTRACT: Detergents are extensively used for laundry, causing significant negative impacts on water bodies, plants and animals. Superhydrophobic fabrics are promising to reduce detergent consumption but suffer from low pressure resistance. Here, we report super pressure-resistant superhydrophobic fabrics prepared using polysiloxane modified SiO₂ nanoparticles with epoxy groups. The fabrics show real self-cleaning performance, essentially different from the conventional self-cleaning property of solid particles loosely placed on superhydrophobic surfaces. The contaminated fabrics by various stains can be completely cleaned by home machine laundering without using any detergent whereas the traditional superhydrophobic fabrics cannot. This is owing to excellent abrasion and washing durabili

SUBMITTER: Tian N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9198960 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature