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Dewetting Polymer Bilayers by Solvent Vapour Annealing: A Pathway to Manufacturing Biomimetic Water Harvesting Surface Coatings
Al-Khayat, OmarPublished 2016-03-24Producing patterned surfaces by a simple and controlled process has important implications for an increasing number of technological and biomedical applications. The dewetting of thin polymer films is a robust and efficient ...Open AccessThesis -
The Good the Bad and the Slippery: A Tale of Three Solvents in Polymer Film Dewetting
Al-Khayat, Omar; Hong, Jun Ki; Geraghty, Kieran; Neto, ChiaraPublished 2016-09-01We investigated the dynamics and morphology of dewetting of bilayers of thin polymer films, made of a top poly(4-vinylpyridine) (P4VP) film on a polystyrene film on silicon substrates, upon exposure to vapors of binary and ...Open AccessArticle -
High Glass Transition Temperature Fluoropolymers for Hydrophobic Surface Coatings via RAFT Copolymerization
Rowe, M.; Teo, G.; Horne, J.; Al-Khayat, Omar; Neto, Chiara; Thickett, Stuart C.Published 2016-02-24The preparation of polymer thin films or surface coatings that display a static water contact angle .958 often requires hierarchical roughness features or surface functionalization steps. In addition, inherently hydrophobic ...Open AccessArticle -
Patterned polymer coatings increase the efficiency of dew harvesting
Al-Khayat, Omar; Hong, Jun Ki; Beck, David M.; Minett, Andrew I.; Neto, ChiaraPublished 2017-02-22Micropatterned polymer surfaces, possessing both topographical and chemical characteristics, were prepared on three-dimensional copper tubes and used to capture atmospheric water. The micropatterns mimic the structure on ...Open AccessArticle
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