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One‐Step Solution‐Immersion Process for the Fabrication of Stable Bionic Superhydrophobic Surfaces
Author(s) -
Wang S.,
Feng L.,
Jiang L.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200501794
Subject(s) - fabrication , materials science , contact angle , nanotechnology , immersion (mathematics) , copper , coating , superhydrophobic coating , metallurgy , composite material , medicine , alternative medicine , mathematics , pathology , pure mathematics
A simple morphogenesis technique for fabricating stable bionic superhydrophobic surfaces at ambient temperature using copper as a model system is presented. The resulting flowerlike cluster coating of copper fatty acid carboxylates (see figure) has a high contact angle of about 162°. This study opens up new avenues for the industrial fabrication of superhydrophobic surfaces that may be useful in a wide variety of applications.
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