A polymer coating which is sticky yet repulsive to water and slippery yet attractive for oils?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2020-02-03 DOI: 10.1039/C9CC08896B

Abstract

A one-step process has been developed to produce a polymer coating which is hydrophobic and oleophilic, but which oil slides off and water adheres to at all tilt angles – including when vertically inclined or inverted. The polymer is transparent, and the plasma coating process is independent of substrate composition and geometry.

Graphical abstract: A polymer coating which is sticky yet repulsive to water and slippery yet attractive for oils
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