Wetting of superhydrophobic polylactic acid micropillared patterns

EH Tümer, HY Erbil, N Akdogan - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
Superhydrophobic (SH) polylactic acid (PLA) surfaces were previously produced by various
methods and used especially in biomedical applications and oil/water separation processes …

A multi-scale modeling and simulation study to investigate the effect of roughness of a surface on its self-cleaning performance

SK Sethi, M Singh, G Manik - Molecular Systems Design & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The importance of surface roughness on wettability is vital in developing novel techniques
and materials for fabrication of self-cleaning coatings. In this study, the effect of varying …

Engineering of superhydrophobic silica microparticles and thin coatings on polymeric films by ultrasound irradiation

T Iline-Vul, S Bretler, S Cohen, I Perelshtein… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
Superhydrophobic coatings are one of the recent hot topics in industrial applications as well
as academic studies. The mimicking lotus leaves' superhydrophobic properties have been …

Evaluation of porous polydimethylsiloxane/carbon nanotubes (PDMS/CNTs) nanocomposites as piezoresistive sensor materials

TR Michel, MJ Capasso, ME Cavusoglu… - Microsystem …, 2020 - Springer
Polymer foams with porous structures have many attractive features. Integrating
nanomaterials into the “passive” porous polymers can result in functional nanocomposites …

A moving front kinetic Monte Carlo approach to model sessile droplet spreading on superhydrophobic surfaces

D Chaffart, LA Ricardez-Sandoval - Chemical Engineering Science, 2023 - Elsevier
This study reports the development of a Moving Front kinetic Monte Carlo (MFkMC)
algorithm to capture the behaviour of sessile droplets on pillared superhydrophobic surfaces …

Fabrication of tapered 3D microstructure arrays using dual-exposure lithography (DEL)

V Rengarajan, J Geng, Y Huang - Micromachines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Three-dimensional (3D) microstructure arrays (MSAs) have been widely used in material
science and biomedical applications by providing superhydrophobic surfaces, cell …

Preparation of a superhydrophobic aluminium alloy surface by UV laser

C Huang, X Ye, X Yang, A Yao, Z Fan - Surface Engineering, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Numerous studies have shown that superhydrophobic surfaces are attributed by micro/nano
structures and low surface energy film. In the present study, an ultraviolet laser process for …

Wettability modification of polydimethylsiloxane surface by fabricating micropillar and microhole arrays

Y Kameya - Materials Letters, 2017 - Elsevier
Fabrication of microscale surface structures is a promising method for controlling the surface
wettability of materials. Herein, the micropillar and microhole arrays of polydimethylsiloxane …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrophobicity and icephobicity of micropillared silicone rubber surfaces fabricated by compression molding

S Keshavarzi, B Bouazara, G Momen… - Results in Surfaces and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigates the effects of microcylindrical pillar geometry on surface wettability
and ice nucleation time. The cylindrical micropillars were designed and then fabricated on …

Wipe-on and durable self-cleaning coating for glass facade

L Hua, J Shen, Y Chen, Q Lan, J Liu - Thin Solid Films, 2020 - Elsevier
A wipe-on self-cleaning coating based on silane has been developed, characterized, and
applied on glass facades. It is a transparent, robust, and long-lasting hydrophobic coating …