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Superhydrophobic sand: a hope for desert water storage and transportation projects

Liwei Chen, Yifan Si, Zhiguang Guo, Weimin Liu

Journal of Materials Chemistry A · 2017 · 61 citations · 24 references

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Abstract

Structured and perfluorinated sand grains demonstrate stable superhydrophobic properties, which is a great hope for water storage and transportation project in desert.

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