Highly transparent and robust superhydrophobic coatings fabricated via a facile sol-gel process

• Published in: Thin solid films Vol. 723; p. 138583
• Main Authors: Ke, Chong, Zhang, Chenhua, Wu, Xinguo, Jiang, Yongdong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.04.2021
• Subjects: Robustness; Sol-gel; Superhydrophobic Coating; Transparent; Robustness; Transparent; Superhydrophobic Coating; Sol-gel

•A highly transparent and robust superhydrophobic coating is prepared.•The optimum coating has a water contact angle (WCA) of 154°.•The superhydrophobic coating shows better transparency compared to reported studies.•The coated sample has a transmittance of 91.6% and a haze of 2.41%.•After the water...