Oleophobic Textile Designer

Design Oil-Repellent Textilesby combining fabric structure, surface chemistry, and particle roughness

Interactive tool for textile and material designers to understand the physical limits on designing oil-repellent fabrics using rational design principles and hierarchical surface textures.

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Key Design Parameters

Three critical factors determine your fabric's oil repellency

Fabric Structure

  • • Yarn diameter and spacing
  • • Weaving pattern (plain, twill, satin)
  • • Fabric porosity (D*fibre)

Surface Coating Chemistry

  • • Coating chemistry (PDMS, wax, alkyl, fluorinated...)
  • • Surface chemistry contact angle
  • • Nanoparticle additives (type, size, spacing,distribution)

Target Liquid and Stability

  • • Liquid surface tension
  • • Stability value (A*) - how stable the coating is

Ready to Design Your Oil-Repellent Fabric and Understand the Physical Limits?

Use our interactive tool to calculate the optimal parameters for your specific application and understand the physical limits of your design.

Will you be able to achieve oil repellency and a stable coating?

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