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Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC Advances, 47(10), p. 28032-28036, 2020
DOI: 10.1039/d0ra05471b
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Thermo-responsive wettability via surface roughness change on polymer-coated titanate nanorod brushes toward fast and multi-directional droplet transport
Journal article published in 2020 by
Kenji Okada 
,
Yoko Miura,
Tomoya Chiya,
Yasuaki Tokudome ,
Masahide Takahashi
,
Yoko Miura,
Tomoya Chiya,
Yasuaki Tokudome ,
Masahide Takahashi
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Abstract
Smart surface with thermo-responsive and reversible wettability is demonstrated by surface roughness change induced by thermal expansion of paraffin on titanate nanorods; it shows superhydrophobicity below 50 °C and less hydrophobicity above 50 °C.