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Waterborne organic silicone polyurethane with excellent self-healing performance for oil/water-separation and oil-recovery applications

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Peng Liu, Professor David XieORCiD

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Abstract

While superhydrophobic coatings have been widely used for surface modification and protection, most suffer from relatively short service life due to the lack of self-healing mechanisms. Herein, a new self-healable coating formulation based on waterborne organic silicone polyurethane has been proposed by integrating disulfide groups into polyurethane molecules. The bulk polyurethane material with disulfide groups shows high self-healing efficiency of up to 90.8%. The polyurethane coating on cotton fabric showed high superhydrophobic performance even after severe damage. Furthermore, the coating showed excellent self-healing ability. The damaged surface could self-heal after heating at 80 °C for half an hour. The coating also exhibited excellent superhydrophobicity and extremely high oil/water-separation efficiency, even after experiencing 80 washes or being worn 800 times. The combination of superior self-healing ability and superhydrophobic properties of the waterborne organic silicone polyurethane coating provides a general approach for the long-term application of such coatings in harsh environments.


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Author(s): Mao T, Feng H, Wu J, Li M, Luo S, Chen J, Wei X, Liu P, Xie F

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Sustainable Materials and Technologies

Year: 2023

Volume: 36

Print publication date: 01/07/2023

Online publication date: 16/05/2023

Acceptance date: 12/05/2023

Date deposited: 25/05/2023

ISSN (print): 2214-9929

ISSN (electronic): 2214-9937

Publisher: Elsevier BV

URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susmat.2023.e00631

DOI: 10.1016/j.susmat.2023.e00631

Notes: Gold OA publication


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202102010393
202102010453
Guangzhou Science and Technology Plan Projects

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