Huan Liu, Haosong Zhong, Qiaoyaxiao Yuan, Rongliang Yang, Minseong Kim, Yee Him Timothy Chan, Siyu Chen, Jing Lin, Mitch Guijun Li
Self-cleaning and anti-biofouling are both advantages for lotus-leaf-like superhydrophobic surfaces. Methods for creating superhydrophobicity, including chemical bonding low surface energy molecular fragments and constructing surface morphology with protrusions, micropores, and trapped micro airbags by traditional physical strategies, unfortunately, have encountered challenges. They often involve complex synthesis processes, stubborn chemical accumulation, brutal degradation, or infeasible calculation and imprecise modulation in fabricating hierarchical surface roughness...
April 9, 2024: Small Methods