Schematic illustration and fabrication process of a skin-like fabric with both directional water transport and water repellency. (IMAGE)

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Schematic illustration and fabrication process of a skin-like fabric with both directional water transport and water repellency.

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(A) Schematic demonstration of the dual properties of the skin-like fabric. (B) Combination of superhydrophobic finishing via perfluorosilane-coated TiO2 nanoparticles and selective plasma treatment via a patterned mask to create gradient wettability spot channels through the fabric thickness to endow the dual properties.

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