All-organic superhydrophobic coatings with mechanochemical robustness and liquid impalement resistance
- Submitting institution
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University College London
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 12448
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1038/s41563-018-0044-2
- Title of journal
- Nature Materials
- Article number
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- First page
- 355
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 4
- ISSN
- 1476-1122
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- March
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41563-018-0044-2/MediaObjects/41563_2018_44_MOESM1_ESM.pdf
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- A cover article introducing novel superhydrophobic coatings with unprecedented all-round robustness that exploits all-organic formulations and mechanical flexibility. It was demonstrated to resist the highest liquid impact speed (tested using a turbulent water jet exceeding 35 m/s, i.e. highway speed limit), a major barrier to commercial exploitation of such coatings, particularly in ground-based transport applications. Findings led to follow-on EPSRC (EP/N006577/1) and ERC Starting (NICEDROPS) Grants; industrial funding from Airbus (jeremy.bradley@airbus.com); a pending patent (reference:2018053283); an ERC Proof-of-Concept translational project (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/875698). The work has gained widespread interests from invited talks given by M.K.T. at BAMC 2019 and FutureDialogue-Amsterdam-2018 (https://bit.ly/3bhebd2).
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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