Journal
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
Volume 31, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202006606
Keywords
coacervation; deposition; dynamic covalent; superhydrophobic surfaces; sustainable agriculture
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- National Science Foundation of China [21988102]
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The study aims to develop a comprehensive strategy to improve pesticide efficiency by controlling encapsulation, deposition, retention, and release of pesticides on water-repellent plants, which involves the synthesized imine-based dynamic covalent trimeric surfactants.
Vast wastage of pesticides has caused significant environmental pollution and economic loss, which occurs in any step during the entire process of pesticide application. However, the existing strategies for controlling pesticide losses are step specific. Here, a comprehensive strategy to substantively improve pesticide efficiency on the basis of precise designs from beginning to end is developed. A water-based coacervate with synthesized imine-based dynamic covalent trimeric surfactants to synergistically control encapsulation, deposition, retention, and release of pesticides on water-repellent plants is constructed. The coacervate consists of nanosized networks and abundant tightly bonded water, leading to effective encapsulation of hydrophilic/hydrophobic pesticides. Meanwhile, the network-like microstructure entangles with the micro/nanostructures of superhydrophobic surface, ensuring complete deposition on superhydrophobic plant surface after high-speed impact and inhibition of wind/rainwater erosion. Moreover, the CO2-induced degradative surfactant coacervate determines the precise pesticide release. The dynamic coacervate as an innovative pesticide formula provides a prospective way for pesticide application, and is expected to promote productive and sustainable agriculture.
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