Fabrication of cellulose based superhydrophobic microspheres for the production of magnetically actuatable smart liquid marbles

Xinxing Lin; Wei Ma; Hui Wu; Liulian Huanga; Lihui Chen; Atsushi Takahara

doi:10.21967/jbb.v2i3.132

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Xinxing Lin, Wei Ma, Hui Wu, Liulian Huanga, Lihui Chen, Atsushi Takahara. Fabrication of cellulose based superhydrophobic microspheres for the production of magnetically actuatable smart liquid marbles[J]. Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, 2017, 2(3): 110-115. doi: 10.21967/jbb.v2i3.132

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Xinxing Lin, Wei Ma, Hui Wu, Liulian Huanga, Lihui Chen, Atsushi Takahara. Fabrication of cellulose based superhydrophobic microspheres for the production of magnetically actuatable smart liquid marbles[J]. Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, 2017, 2(3): 110-115. doi: 10.21967/jbb.v2i3.132

Citation:

Xinxing Lin, Wei Ma, Hui Wu, Liulian Huanga, Lihui Chen, Atsushi Takahara. Fabrication of cellulose based superhydrophobic microspheres for the production of magnetically actuatable smart liquid marbles[J]. Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, 2017, 2(3): 110-115. doi: 10.21967/jbb.v2i3.132

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Fabrication of cellulose based superhydrophobic microspheres for the production of magnetically actuatable smart liquid marbles

doi: 10.21967/jbb.v2i3.132

a. College of Material Engineering, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China;
b. International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research(WPI-I2 CNER), Kyushu University 744, Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan;
c. ERATO Takahara Soft Interface Project, Japan Science and Technology Agency(JST), 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan

Abstract

Abstract

Cellulose microspheres were fabricated on the basis of sol-gel transition using NaOH/urea/H₂O as the solvent system. These microspheres had an average diameter of about 30 μm. Upon modification with Fe₃O₄ and poly (DOPAm-co-PFOEA), superhydrophobic magnetic cellulose microspheres were generated, which were analyzed by FTIR, TG, XRD, XPS and water contact angle tests. Magnetic cellulose microspheres contained approximately 15 wt% of Fe₃O₄. Poly(DOPAm-co-PFOEA)/Fe₃O₄/cellulose microspheres and had a low surface energy and a high water-repellency. These superhydrophobic microspheres were also converted into liquid marbles via an easily scalable process.
- Superhydrophobic microspheres,
- Magnetically actuatable,
- Smart liquid marble,
- Cellulose microsphere