The present application relates to a
fiber with hydrophilic and hydrophobic alternating structure, a preparation method thereof and a
fog water capturing application, the
fiber is a
skin-core structure with a static water
absorption layer coated on a
cellulose fiber, and the outer surface of the static water
absorption layer has hydrophilic regions and hydrophobic regions arranged alternately along the fiber axis. The preparation method comprises:
coating a modifiable
polymer layer on the surface of the
cellulose fiber by a solution immersion method, then performing heat stretching treatment to obtain a
skin-core structure fiber; performing polarity modification on the
skin-core structure fiber, converting part of the groups in the modifiable
polymer layer into static water absorption groups, thereby converting the modifiable
polymer layer into a static water
absorption layer, to obtain a modified fiber; performing
hydrophilization treatment and hydrophobization treatment on the modified fiber, to form a structure with hydrophilic regions and hydrophobic regions arranged alternately along the fiber axis. The present application takes the
cellulose fiber rich in hydrophilic functional groups as the core layer, and constructs a hydrophilic and hydrophobic alternating structure in the skin layer, to realize active capture of
fog water droplets, thereby improving the
fog water collection efficiency.