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 …

Recent developments in usage of fluorine-free nano structured materials in oil-water separation: A review

VM Pv, VK Kudapa - Surfaces and Interfaces, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, significant oil spills and organic solvent contamination are harming ocean
habitats and endangering aquatic species. Separating the toxic oil substances from water …

Robust elastic wave transport in zone-folding induced topological hierarchical metamaterials

A Ni, Z Shi - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
The topologically protected elastic wave transport in hierarchical metamaterials for the in-
plane mode and out-of-plane mode is investigated in this work. First of all, the influence of …

Shrink-induced superhydrophobic and antibacterial surfaces in consumer plastics

LR Freschauf, J McLane, H Sharma, M Khine - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Structurally modified superhydrophobic surfaces have become particularly desirable as
stable antibacterial surfaces. Because their self-cleaning and water resistant properties …

Optical properties of hydrophobic ZnO nano-structure based on antireflective coatings of ZnO/TiO2/SiO2 thin films‏‎

QMAB Mr, TOS Mr, KAA Miss - Physica B: Condensed Matter, 2020 - Elsevier
High reflection and dust are an unwanted loss process in the applications of solar panels.
However, using antireflective hydrophobic solar panels improves their photovoltaic …

Tunable wettability on metal oxide surfaces for future applications

J Mei, R Guo, Z Sun - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Metal oxides (MOs) as a class of indispensable materials in many industrial products have
been extensively investigated for a wide range of applications, including energy and …

Superhydrophobic surfaces based on fractal and hierarchical microstructures using two‐photon polymerization: toward flexible superhydrophobic films

Y Lin, R Zhou, J Xu - Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction of hierarchical microstructures nowadays is considered as an important method
to create superhydrophobic surfaces, but the majority of current studies mainly focus on …

Preparation of superhydrophobic surface with a novel sol–gel system

D Su, C Huang, Y Hu, Q Jiang, L Zhang, Y Zhu - Applied surface science, 2011 - Elsevier
Sol–gel method is a simple and cheap way to prepare superhydrophobic coatings or films,
however, most of the researches on sol–gel focus on silica or ZnO sol–gel. The present …

Highly flexible, transparent and self-cleanable superhydrophobic films prepared by a facile and scalable nanopyramid formation technique

JH Kong, TH Kim, JH Kim, JK Park, DW Lee, SH Kim… - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
A facile and scalable technique to fabricate optically transparent, mechanically flexible and
self-cleanable superhydrophobic films for practical solar cell applications is proposed. The …

Wettability properties of PTFE/ZnO nanorods thin film exhibiting UV-resilient superhydrophobicity

A Bayat, M Ebrahimi, A Nourmohammadi… - Applied Surface …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this research, initially anodization process was used to fabricate ZnO nanorods on Zn
substrate and then RF sputtering technique was applied to grow a thin layer of …