Mimicking natural superhydrophobic surfaces and grasping the wetting process: A review on recent progress in preparing superhydrophobic surfaces

YY Yan, N Gao, W Barthlott - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2011 - Elsevier
A typical superhydrophobic (ultrahydrophobic) surface can repel water droplets from wetting
itself, and the contact angle of a water droplet resting on a superhydrophobic surface is …

Roles of silanes and silicones in forming superhydrophobic and superoleophobic materials

L Li, B Li, J Dong, J Zhang - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Inspired by the self-cleaning and water-repellent properties of plants and animals in the
natural world, superhydrophobic and superoleophobic materials develop quickly, and are of …

A review on challenges, recent progress and applications of silica nanoparticles based superhydrophobic coatings

K Sharma, A Hooda, MS Goyat, R Rai, A Mittal - Ceramics International, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the past few decades, the study of superhydrophobic coatings (SHCs) gained the
significant interest of worldwide researchers due to their tremendous applications in various …

Anti-icing property of bio-inspired micro-structure superhydrophobic surfaces and heat transfer model

Y Liu, X Li, J Jin, J Liu, Y Yan, Z Han, L Ren - Applied Surface Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Ice accumulation is a thorny problem which may inflict serious damage even disasters in
many areas, such as aircraft, power line maintenance, offshore oil platform and locators of …

Tuning the wetting properties of siloxane-nanoparticle coatings to induce superhydrophobicity and superoleophobicity for stone protection

D Aslanidou, I Karapanagiotis, C Panayiotou - Materials & Design, 2016 - Elsevier
A water soluble siloxane emulsion enriched with silica nanoparticles (7 nm) is sprayed on
white marble and sandstone without the use of any organic solvent. A continuous rough …

Facile fabrication of biomimetic superhydrophobic surface with anti-frosting on stainless steel substrate

Y Liu, Y Bai, J Jin, L Tian, Z Han, L Ren - Applied Surface Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Inspired by typical plant surfaces with super-hydrophobic character such as lotus leaves and
rose petals, a superhydrophobic surface was achieved successfully by a chemical …

Superhydrophobic polymer‐particle composite films produced using various particle sizes

I Karapanagiotis, PN Manoudis, A Savva… - Surface and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrophilic alumina (Al2O3) nanoparticles (25, 35, and 150 nm) are dispersed in different
concentrations in solutions of a commercial hydrophobic poly (alkyl siloxane)(Silres BS …

Superhydrophobic surfaces with hierarchical structure

N Gao, YY Yan, XY Chen, DJ Mee - Materials Letters, 2011 - Elsevier
The physics related to superhydrophobic surfaces has been investigated with attention of its
potential applications in a variety of industrial and research fields. In the present study, we …

Applicability of Cassie–Baxter equation for superhydrophobic fluoropolymer–silica composite films

U Cengiz, CE Cansoy - Applied Surface Science, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, surface topographies and wettabilities of flat and composite rough films of
perfluoro-styrene (TM/S) random copolymers with silica particles were investigated. The …

Surface modification of SiO2-based methyltrimethoxysilane (MTMS) using cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) on the wettability effects through hierarchical …

L Silvia, Y Mughayyirah, Amilia, Sudarsono… - Journal of Sol-Gel …, 2023 - Springer
Silica-based methyltrimethoxysilane (MTMS) offers unique properties as an alternative
material for hydrophobic surfaces. In this study, SiO2 obtained through the MTMS precursor …