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Chem. Commun., 2005, 3135 - 3137, DOI: 10.1039/b502896e

Porous materials show superhydrophobic to superhydrophilic switching

Neil J. Shirtcliffe, Glen McHale, Michael I. Newton, Carole C. Perry and Paul Roach

Switching between superhydrophobicity and superhydrophilicity in porous materials was predicted theoretically and demonstrated experimentally with the example of thermally induced contact angle change; tunability of this system was also demonstrated.

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