Abstract: In a method of making a superamphiphobic paper, a fibrous pulp is refined in water to generate fibrils of an average diameter. The water is drained from the fibrils through a mesh. A less polar than water liquid is added to the fibrils, thereby suspending the fibrils therein so as to inhibit agglomeration between the fibrils. The less polar than water liquid and any remaining water are drained from the fibrils. The fibrils are pressed and dried so as to form the paper in which the fibrils have an average spacing. Amorphous phase cellulose is removed from the paper. A predetermined compound is deposited onto a selected surface of the paper. The average diameter and average spacing are chosen so that the paper is phobic to the first liquid.

Abstract: In a method of making a superamphiphobic paper, a fibrous pulp is refined in water to generate fibrils of an average diameter. The water is drained from the fibrils through a mesh. A less polar than water liquid is added to the fibrils, thereby suspending the fibrils therein so as to inhibit agglomeration between the fibrils. The less polar than water liquid and any remaining water are drained from the fibrils. The fibrils are pressed and dried so as to form the paper in which the fibrils have an average spacing. Amorphous phase cellulose is removed from the paper. A predetermined compound is deposited onto a selected surface of the paper. The average diameter and average spacing are chosen so that the paper is phobic to the first liquid.

Abstract: Plasma-polymerized hydrogel thin films and methods for making the same are provided. According to some embodiments of the present invention, plasma polymerization can be utilized to fabricate thermoresponsive hydrogel films of N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAAm) on a substrate in a single deposition step. For example, an embodiment of the present invention includes fabricating a crosslinked polymeric structure utilized to form a thin film hydrogel. The polymeric structure fabrication method can comprise vaporizing a monomer and polymerizing the monomer using a plasma reactor. Polymerizing the monomer can crosslink the monomer to form a polymer film, and the polymer film can be deposited onto a substrate. The crosslinked density of the polymeric structure can be varied or tailored by adjusting temperature, pressure, and power conditions within the plasma reactor. Other embodiments are also claimed and described.