“…Recently, hydrophobic fabrics have attracted great interest, especially in the applied research field, due to their different applications, such as self-cleaning [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ], water/oil separation [ 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ] and antibacterial [ 15 , 16 ] and antifouling materials [ 17 , 18 ]. Several methods have been suggested by researchers for preparing hydrophobic natural fabrics, such as dip-coating [ 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 ], spray coating [ 25 , 26 ], self-assembly [ 27 , 28 , 29 ] and grafting [ 30 , 31 , 32 ].…”