A review of recent advances in superhydrophobic surfaces and their applications in drag reduction and heat transfer

Y Zhang, Z Zhang, J Yang, Y Yue, H Zhang - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Inspired by the superhydrophobic properties of some plants and animals with special
structures, such as self-cleaning, water repellent, and drag reduction, the research on the …

Recent developments in multifunctional coatings for solar panel applications: A review

MS Mozumder, AHI Mourad, H Pervez… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
Conventional resources of energy production by burning fossil fuels are detrimental to the
earth's atmosphere leading to serious problems such as global warming and acid rain. As a …

Superhydrophobic epoxy coating modified by fluorographene used for anti-corrosion and self-cleaning

Z Yang, L Wang, W Sun, S Li, T Zhu, W Liu… - Applied Surface Science, 2017 - Elsevier
A facile method for the fabrication of organic coating with superhydrophobic surface on
copper substrate is presented in this paper. Liquid-phase exfoliated fluorographene (FG) …

Facile fluorine-free one step fabrication of superhydrophobic aluminum surface towards self-cleaning and marine anticorrosion

B Zhang, Q Zhu, Y Li, B Hou - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Service performance and safety of aluminum materials are restricted by the
proneness to marine corrosion. The facile and low cost fabrication of fluorine-free …

Nature-inspired surface engineering for efficient atmospheric water harvesting

Z Li, L Tang, H Wang, SC Singh, X Wei… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Atmospheric water harvesting is a sustainable solution to global water shortage, which
requires high efficiency, high durability, low cost, and environmentally friendly water …

Mechanically robust superhydrophobic porous anodized AA5083 for marine corrosion protection

B Zhang, W Xu, Q Zhu, Y Sun, Y Li - Corrosion Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Given the widely usage and corrosion tendency of AA5083, it is crucial and highly desired to
transform intrinsically hydrophilic AA5083 to be water-repellent superhydrophobicity. In this …

Facile etching fabrication of superhydrophobic 7055 aluminum alloy surface towards chloride environment anticorrosion

F Guo, S Duan, D Wu, K Matsuda, T Wang, Y Zou - Corrosion Science, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, we prepared a micro-nano hierarchical structure superhydrophobic 7055
aluminum alloy surface. The preparation mechanism, the surface topographies, the …

Recent progress in nano-oxides and CNTs based corrosion resistant superhydrophobic coatings: A critical review

V Sharma, MS Goyat, A Hooda, JK Pandey… - Progress in Organic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Because of the serious consequences of structural failures due to corrosion, research on
anti-corrosion coatings has traditionally been of highest importance toward the development …

Development of durable self-cleaning superhydrophobic coatings for aluminium surfaces via chemical etching method

A Kumar, B Gogoi - Tribology International, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, by employing chemical etching technique with mixture of hydrochloric and nitric
acids, followed by treatment with hexadecyltrimethoxysilane, superhydrophobic aluminum …

Spraying preparation of eco-friendly superhydrophobic coatings with ultralow water adhesion for effective anticorrosion and antipollution

Y Shen, Z Wu, J Tao, Z Jia, H Chen, S Liu… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Sustainability, eco-efficiency, and green chemistry guide the development of new materials
in various fields. Herein, we designed and fabricated bio-based superhydrophobic coatings …