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Lotus‐ Effect ® – surfaces
Author(s) -
Nun Edwin,
Oles Markus,
Schleich Bernhard
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 1022-1360
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3900(200209)187:1<677::aid-masy677>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - dirt , contact angle , lotus effect , substrate (aquarium) , materials science , process engineering , nanotechnology , engineering drawing , computer science , composite material , mechanical engineering , engineering , chemistry , geology , raw material , oceanography , organic chemistry
Surfaces are often characterized with phrases like “easy to clean”, “dirt repellent”, “dirt resistant”, “self cleaning” or “ Lotus ‐Effect ® ”. Every one of those phrases is used to describe a behavior of surfaces ‐ similar to each other but still different. This article is providing the definition of the Lotus ‐Effect ® , techniques to manufacture self cleaning surfaces and methods to characterize them as well. How to generate a self cleaning surface depends on the substrate and the use later on. It can be as easy as a spray on but on the other hand as complicated as a three step process. Self cleaning surfaces are defined by four parameters ‐ contact angle, roll‐off angle, hystereses and C.I.E‐Lab Δ‐L value.