Facile Method to Prepare Superhydrophobic and Water Repellent Cellulosic Paper

Table 2

Colour difference () of four paper surfaces, induced by the deposition of pure siloxane and siloxane-particle films, corresponding to 0 and 2% w/v particle concentration, respectively.

Particle concentration (w/v)	Paper substrate
	Modern blank paper	Modern printed paper	Old; paper	Japanese; paper
0	2.86 ± 0.58	2.44 ± 0.33	3.24 ± 0.37	4.34 ± 0.18
2%	2.93 ± 0.29	1.57 ± 0.17	1.35 ± 0.34	4.80 ± 0.21