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Green and facile preparation of superhydrophobic cotton fabric using cationic POSS/PDMS-modified polyacrylate emulsion for oil–water separation

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Superhydrophobic cotton fabric was prepared by coating fluorine-free cationic polyhedral oligomeric siloxane/polydimethylsiloxane-modified polyacrylate emulsion using the pad-bath method. Due to the successful introduction of heptaoctylmethacryloxypropyl polyhedral oligomeric siloxane and monovinyl polydimethylsiloxane, the film with a rough structure and low surface energy was formed on the cotton fabric surface, exhibiting excellent superhydrophobicity with a water contact angle of 161°. Additionally, the finished cotton fabric showed exceptional self-cleaning and anti-foiling abilities. The finished cotton fabric had a separation efficiency of over 97% for oil–water mixtures and maintained a high separation efficiency of over 96% after 20 cycles of separating the n-hexane/water mixture. In addition, the separation of different water-in-oil emulsions was achieved by overlapping three layers of finished cotton fabric. This suggests that the as-prepared superhydrophobic cotton fabric will be a promising material in application for treating oil–water mixtures and water-in-oil emulsions due to the low-cost, simple fabrication method and the superior separation capabilities.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.21978162), the Key Research and Development Program of Xianyang City (No.2021ZDYF-GY-0037), and the Science and Technology Plan of Xi’an City (No.22GXFW0003).

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Zhou, J., Yuan, J. & Wang, L. Green and facile preparation of superhydrophobic cotton fabric using cationic POSS/PDMS-modified polyacrylate emulsion for oil–water separation. J Mater Sci 59, 55–72 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-023-09194-9

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