Issue 37, 2010
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Directional water-transfer through fabrics induced by asymmetric wettability†

Hongxia Wang,a   Jie Ding,b   Liming Dai,c   Xungai Wanga  and  Tong Lin*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Centre for Material and Fibre Innovation, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia
E-mail: tong.lin@deakin.edu.au
Fax: +61-3-52272539
Tel: +61-3-52271245

b Human Protection and Performance Division, Defence Science & Technology Organisation (DSTO), VIC, Australia

c Department of Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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.

Graphical abstract: Directional water-transfer through fabrics induced by asymmetric wettability

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0JM02364G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
22 Jul 2010
Accepted
26 Jul 2010
First published
11 Aug 2010

J. Mater. Chem., 2010,20, 7938-7940

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H. Wang, J. Ding, L. Dai, X. Wang and T. Lin, J. Mater. Chem., 2010, 20, 7938 DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02364G

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