Abstract
By in situ introducing polyaniline (PANI) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) to cotton fibers, normally hydrophilic and oleophilic cotton textile has easily turned superhydrophobic and highly oleophobic. This super-repellent cotton fabric exhibits a high contact angle (>150°) and low contact angle hysteresis, even with liquids possessing significantly low surface tension. The water or oil repellent property is ascribed to the combination of a dual-size surface roughness and low-surface-energy material. In particular, a reversible wettability switching of various low-surface-tension liquids on the PANI-fabric can be simultaneously observed, when it is doped with PFOA and de-doped with sodium hydroxide via a simple dipping method. This transition can be explained by the conversion of fluorine content and hydrophilic groups on the surface during the doping/dedoping process. Besides, this doping polymerization and dedoping process can slightly affect the mechanical strength of the cotton fabrics, even with harsh chemicals like acid and base.
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