Superhydrophobic Diffusion Barriers for Hydrogels via Confined Interfacial Modification
- 16 June 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Advanced Materials
- Vol. 28 (34), 7383-7389
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201601568
Abstract
A ubiquitous strategy to superhydrophobize the surfaces of synthetic hydrogels is reported, creating heterogeneous wettability across the surface and the inner network. Such wetting disparity shows significant influence on preventing immediate diffusion of substances between the hydrogel and the aqueous environment on different scales.This publication has 36 references indexed in Scilit:
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