Facile, one-step fabrication of durable, superhydrophobic (water contact angle $$\sim $$ ∼ 154 $$^{\circ })$$ ∘ ) fluorine-free polymer coating on cotton cloth is presented. The microstructure of the coating is evaluated with electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction study. The detailed analysis reflects that the superhydrophobicity is rendered by intrinsic hydrophobic nature of the non-polar polymer, isotactic polypropylene. The chemical and mechanical stability of the coating on cloth is evaluated and it shows that the coating is extremely resilient in nature without almost negligible sacrifice in water contact angle. Because of simplicity of fabrication technique and quality of coating, this study is expected to be worthy enough for commodity as well as high technology applications.

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织物上聚合物基超疏水涂层的研制

介绍了一种在棉布上轻松一步制造耐用、超疏水（水接触角 $$\sim $$ ∼ 154 $$^{\circ })$$ ∘ ）无氟聚合物涂层的方法。涂层的微观结构通过电子显微镜和 X 射线衍射研究进行评估。详细分析表明，超疏水性是由非极性聚合物全同立构聚丙烯的固有疏水性造成的。对布料上涂层的化学和机械稳定性进行了评估，结果表明该涂层在性质上具有极强的弹性，而水接触角的损失几乎可以忽略不计。由于制造技术的简单性和涂层的质量，预计这项研究对于商品和高科技应用来说都足够有价值。