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| Daylight-triggered Directional Water Transport Fabric Prepared with TiO$_2$ Sol-gel Method |
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Abstract To build directional water transport fabric, cotton knitting fabric
was finished with TiO$_2$ sol by two methods: padding and spray.
After finishing, the fabrics were irradiated in a self-made UV light
box, during which the water contact angle and directional water
transport ability were tested. It was found that the fabrics's
irradiated side turned from hydrophobic to superhydrophilic within 2
hours, and after 2 hours's irradiation they would recover to
hydrophobic within 2 hours. The fabric's directional water transport
ability increased with the extend of irradiation time. The sprayed
fabric responded more quickly than the padded fabric and took less
time to recover than the padded fabric. But the padded fabric had
higher maximum one-way water transport capacity.
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Huiqin Li,Xibo Hao,Jixian Gong, et al. Daylight-triggered Directional Water Transport Fabric Prepared with TiO$_2$ Sol-gel Method[J]. Journal of Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics, 2015, 8(4): 733-740.
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2015, Vol. 8 
