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Silicone Nanofilaments and Their Application as Superhydrophobic Coatings
Author(s) -
Artus G. R. J.,
Jung S.,
Zimmermann J.,
Gautschi H.P.,
Marquardt K.,
Seeger S.
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.200502030
Subject(s) - materials science , anti reflective coating , silicone , substrate (aquarium) , chemical vapor deposition , coating , nanotechnology , deposition (geology) , superhydrophobic coating , composite material , chemical engineering , paleontology , oceanography , sediment , geology , engineering , biology
Silicone nanofilaments (see figure) are grown by a simple chemical vapor deposition method on different substrate materials. The filaments are flexible, and have lengths of up to several micrometers and diameters of up to 150 nm. The dense and entangled arrangement of these filaments yields a superhydrophobic coating that is also optically transparent and antireflective.