Journal: Scientific Reports

Article Title: Development of hydrophobic paper substrates using silane and sol–gel based processes and deriving the best coating technique using machine learning strategies

doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-90855-7

Figure Lengend Snippet: ( a ) Contact angle measurements at 30, 60, 90 and 120 secs for TMMS and TEOS dipped paper; ( b ) asperities on dried paper surface after 2 coats for 90 s dip coats, ( c ) surface asperities on 120 secs dipped paper after drying; ( d ) Number of dips versus the contact angle for Ti1 and Ti2 solutions; ( e1,e2 ) XRD intensity curves for paper dipped once and 5 times in Ti1 and Ti2 respectively (Pan Analytical X’pert Powder Diffractometer/ X’Pert Highscore software); ( f,g ) SEM images of Ti2 coated surface after 1 dip and 5 dips respectively (EVO 50 (CARL Zeiss) system); ( h1 , h2 ) water droplet on paper dipped once and 2 times for 60 secs; ( i ) 9 times dip coated paper stiffening and showing wrinkles when folded.

Article Snippet: The SEM images of the coated surface are captured using EVO 50 (CARL Zeiss) system.

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Journal: Scientific Reports

Article Title: Development of hydrophobic paper substrates using silane and sol–gel based processes and deriving the best coating technique using machine learning strategies

doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-90855-7

Figure Lengend Snippet: ( a ) SEM image of Uncoated cellulose paper; SEM image of paper spray coated with ( b ) Ti1 ink solution, ( c ) Ti2 ink solution. (EVO 50 (CARL Zeiss) system).

Article Snippet: The SEM images of the coated surface are captured using EVO 50 (CARL Zeiss) system.

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Journal: Scientific Reports

Article Title: Development of hydrophobic paper substrates using silane and sol–gel based processes and deriving the best coating technique using machine learning strategies

doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-90855-7

Figure Lengend Snippet: Water droplets on ( a1 ) low quality and ( a2 ) high-quality print areas after first print of Ti1; SEM images of paper spray coated with ( b ) Ti1 ink solution, ( c ) Ti2 ink solution (EVO 50 (CARL Zeiss) system); ( d ) Perfectly spherical water droplet on 7 times Ti1 printed paper; ( e ) Coated paper getting wrinkled and crumpling after the 7th cycle; Static contact angle on paper printed 5 times using ( f ) Ti1, ( g ) Ti2 (Contact angle goniometer (DATA Physics OCA 15 EC).

Article Snippet: The SEM images of the coated surface are captured using EVO 50 (CARL Zeiss) system.

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