However, surfactants and phosphates as the main components of detergents are harmful to surface water, aquatic organisms, wildlife and human beings, which has received much concern ( Balcioglu, 2019 Goel and Kaur, 2012). Over 60 million tons of detergents were consumed in 2016 and the consumption is rapidly increasing ( Nur et al., 2016 Scheibel, 2004 Uzma et al., 2018 Warne and Schifko, 1999). The superhydrophobic fabrics will help significantly reduce the global detergent consumption.ĭetergents are extensively used in daily life and half of them are for laundry ( Joshi-Navare et al., 2013).
Moreover, the superhydrophobic fabrics can be scaled up using the conventional fabric finishing line with low cost. This is owing to excellent abrasion and washing durability, low liquid adhesion force, superior pressure-resistance and vapor-resistance of the fabrics, originating from the low surface energy and dense micro-/nanostructure. The contaminated fabrics by various stains can be completely cleaned by home machine laundering without using any detergent whereas the traditional superhydrophobic fabrics cannot. The fabrics show real self-cleaning performance, essentially different from the conventional self-cleaning property of solid particles loosely placed on superhydrophobic surfaces. Here, we report super pressure-resistant superhydrophobic fabrics prepared using polysiloxane modified SiO 2 nanoparticles with epoxy groups. Superhydrophobic fabrics are promising to reduce detergent consumption but suffer from low pressure resistance. Detergents are extensively used for laundry, causing significant negative impacts on water bodies, plants and animals.
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