A camphene‑camphor‑polymer composite material for the production of superhydrophobic absorbent microporous foams

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dc.contributor.authorLoffler, Richard J. G.
dc.contributor.authorHanczyc, Martin M.
dc.contributor.authorGorecki, Jerzy
dc.contributor.organizationInstitute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciencesen
dc.contributor.organizationLaboratory for Artificial Biology, Department of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology (CIBIO), University of Trento, Polo Scientifico e Tecnologico Fabio Ferrari, Polo B, Trentino Alto-Adige, Italyen
dc.contributor.organizationFarris Engineering Center, Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USAen
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-16T07:57:59Z
dc.date.available2022-03-16T07:57:59Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractIn a recently published paper (doi.org/10.3390/molecules26113116) on self-propelled motion of objects on the water surface, we described a novel surface-active plastic material obtained by dissolution of camphor and polypropylene in camphene at 250 ∘C. The material has wax-like mechanical properties, can be easily formed to any moldable shape, and allows for longer and more stable self-propelled motion if compared with pure camphor or pure camphene or of a camphene-camphor wax. Here we use scanning electron microscopy to visualize and characterize the microporous structure of the solid polypropylene foam formed in the plastic for different polypropylene contents. The topology of foams remaining in the material after camphor and camphene molecules have been removed through evaporation or dissolution is similar to polypropylene foams obtained using thermally-induced phase separation. We show that the foams have a superhydrophobic surface but strongly absorb non-polar liquids, and suggest an array of potential scientific and industrial applications.en
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Union’s Horizon 2020 Marie Skodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 711859, Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education
dc.identifier.citationLöffler, R.J.G., Hanczyc, M.M. & Gorecki, J. A camphene-camphor-polymer composite material for the production of superhydrophobic absorbent microporous foams. Sci Rep 12, 243 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04240-5en
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-021-04240-5
dc.identifier.issn0028-0836
dc.identifier.urihttps://open.icm.edu.pl/handle/123456789/21156
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen
dc.relationNAMES European Union’s Horizon 2020 (H2020-EU.1.3.4.)en
dc.rightsUznanie autorstwa 4.0 Międzynarodowe*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.titleA camphene‑camphor‑polymer composite material for the production of superhydrophobic absorbent microporous foamsen
dc.typearticleen
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