Superhydrophobic surfaces: insights from theory and experiment

S Parvate, P Dixit, S Chattopadhyay - The Journal of Physical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Biomimetic nanosurfaces with distinct wettability and versatility have found special
enthusiasm in both fundamental research and industrial applications. With the advent of …

Superhydrophobic surfaces: a review on fundamentals, applications, and challenges

J Jeevahan, M Chandrasekaran… - Journal of Coatings …, 2018 - Springer
Superhydrophobicity is the tendency of a surface to repel water drops. A surface is qualified
as a superhydrophobic surface only if the surface possesses a high apparent contact angle …

Bioinspired surfaces with superwettability: new insight on theory, design, and applications

S Wang, K Liu, X Yao, L Jiang - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
The wettability of solid surfaces is a renewed old topic that has impacted most fields of
science and technology for a long time, from cave painting in the ancient to microfluidic …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of superhydrophobic ceramic membrane surface modification for oil-water separation

J Usman, MHD Othman, AF Ismail, MA Rahman… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
The discharge of oily wastewater and offshore oil spills contaminates the biotic and aquatic
environment and ultimately result in the destruction of the ecosystem. Recently, the …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress in preparation of superhydrophobic surfaces: a review

SL Sanjay, BG Annaso, SM Chavan… - Journal of Surface …, 2012 - scirp.org
In nature, water-repellency (superhydrophobicity) is found, besides in plants, in insects and
bird feathers. The booming field of biomimetics allows one to mimic nature to develop …

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 …

Recent progress in fabrication and characterisation of hierarchical biomimetic superhydrophobic structures

BN Sahoo, B Kandasubramanian - Rsc Advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Here, we have reviewed brief ideas of fabrication of superhydrophobic surfaces and their
important applications, which were discussed in the concluded national/international …

Fabrication of superhydrophobic wood surface by a sol–gel process

S Wang, C Liu, G Liu, M Zhang, J Li, C Wang - Applied Surface Science, 2011 - Elsevier
The superhydrophobic wood surface was fabricated via a sol–gel process followed by a
fluorination treatment of 1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluoroalkyltriethoxysilanes (POTS) reagent. The …

Superhydrophobic surface decorated with vertical ZnO nanorods modified by stearic acid

AB Gurav, SS Latthe, RS Vhatkar, JG Lee, DY Kim… - Ceramics …, 2014 - Elsevier
Static and dynamic wettability of the ZnO nanorod surface prepared by a facile and
inexpensive route is reported. The wettability of the ZnO surface was controlled and tuned by …

Fabrication of superhydrophobic TPU film for oil–water separation based on electrospinning route

L Wang, S Yang, J Wang, C Wang, L Chen - Materials Letters, 2011 - Elsevier
In this work, we described an electrospinning process for creating superhydrophobic
thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) mat with bead-on-string morphologies. The initially …