Self-healing, hydrobphobic composites and related methods
AssigneeNorthwestern University
InventorsYuehan Yao, Nicolas Martinez Prieto, Jian Cao, Kyoo-Chul Park, Christian John Machado
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Abstract
Self-healing, hydrophobic composites and related methods are provided. A method of repelling water may comprise forming a layer of a self-healing, hydrophobic composite comprising a porous network of entangled polymer fibers and a hydrophobic phase change material infused throughout the network, on a surface of a substrate to form a treated surface; and exposing the treated surface to water, wherein the treated surface exhibits a native water droplet contact angle which is greater than that of an untreated surface without the layer of the composite.
Claims20
A method of repelling water, the method comprising:
- forming a layer of a self-healing, hydrophobic composite comprising a porous network of entangled polymer fibers and a hydrophobic phase change material infused throughout the network, on a surface of a substrate to form a treated surface;
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- exposing the treated surface to water, wherein the treated surface exhibits a native water droplet contact angle which is greater than that of an untreated surface without the layer of the composite.
A treated substrate comprising a substrate having a surface and a layer of a self-healing, hydrophobic composite comprising a network of entangled polymer fibers and a hydrophobic phase change material infused throughout the network, on the surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.