Superhydrophobic hierarchically structured surfaces in biology: evolution, structural principles and biomimetic applications

W Barthlott, M Mail, C Neinhuis - … Transactions of the …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A comprehensive survey of the construction principles and occurrences of
superhydrophobic surfaces in plants, animals and other organisms is provided and is based …

Biomimetic transparent and superhydrophobic coatings: from nature and beyond nature

S Yu, Z Guo, W Liu - Chemical Communications, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
It is well known that high optical transparency is one of the most crucial criteria for the
overwhelming majority of optical devices and correlative functions, including smart windows …

Superhydrophobic nanocoatings: from materials to fabrications and to applications

Y Si, Z Guo - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Superhydrophobic nanocoatings, a combination of nanotechnology and superhydrophobic
surfaces, have received extraordinary attention recently, focusing both on novel preparation …

Highly transparent fluorine-free superhydrophobic silica nanotube coatings

L Zhang, CH Xue, M Cao, MM Zhang, M Li… - Chemical engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
Transparent coatings with self-cleaning properties are required for protection of outdoor
optical devices. Highly transparent, fluorine-free superhydrophobic coatings of silica …

Microsecond pulse driven Ar/CF4 plasma jet for polymethylmethacrylate surface modification at atmospheric pressure

R Wang, C Zhang, X Liu, Q Xie, P Yan, T Shao - Applied surface science, 2015 - Elsevier
A plasma jet driven by microsecond pulse was used for polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA)
surface modification. In the paper, the effect of different proportions of Ar and CF 4 gas …

Extreme wettability of nanostructured glass fabricated by non-lithographic, anisotropic etching

E Yu, SC Kim, HJ Lee, KH Oh, MW Moon - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Functional glass surfaces with the properties of superhydrophobicity/or
superhydrohydrophilicity, anti-condensation or low reflectance require nano-or micro-scale …

Transparent superhydrophobic PTFE films via one-step aerosol assisted chemical vapor deposition

A Zhuang, R Liao, SC Dixon, Y Lu, S Sathasivam… - RSC …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, hierarchical micro/nano-structured transparent superhydrophobic
polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) films showing a water contact angle (CA) of 168°, a water …

Highly transparent and durable superhydrophobic hybrid nanoporous coatings fabricated from polysiloxane

D Wang, Z Zhang, Y Li, C Xu - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2014 - ACS Publications
Highly transparent and durable superhydrophobic hybrid nanoporous coatings with different
surface roughnesses were fabricated via a simple solidification-induced phase-separation …

Geometric study of transparent superhydrophobic surfaces of molded and grid patterned polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)

G Davaasuren, CV Ngo, HS Oh, DM Chun - Applied Surface Science, 2014 - Elsevier
Herein we describe an economical method to fabricate a transparent superhydrophobic
surface that uses grid patterning, and we report on the effects of grid geometry in …

Lattice Boltzmann modeling of droplet condensation on superhydrophobic nanoarrays

Q Zhang, D Sun, Y Zhang, M Zhu - Langmuir, 2014 - ACS Publications
Droplet nucleation and growth on superhydrophobic nanoarrays is simulated by employing
a multiphase, multicomponent lattice Boltzmann (LB) model. Three typical preferential …