Bioinspired Mechanically Robust Metal‐Based Water Repellent Surface Enabled by Scalable Construction of a Flexible Coral‐Reef‐Like Architecture

• Published in: Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) Vol. 15; no. 39; pp. e1901919 - n/a
• Main Authors: Luo, Xiao‐Tao, Li, Chang‐Jiu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.09.2019
• Subjects: Abrasion; Acid rain; Adhesive strength; Ceramics; coral‐reef‐like architecture; Corrosion prevention; corrosion protection; Fluorination; Hydrophilicity; Hydrophobic surfaces; Hydrophobicity; mechanical robustness; Nanotechnology; Oxidation; Protective coatings; Sand; Scratching; Spraying; Substrates; superhydrophobicity; Surface layers; superhydrophobicity; mechanical robustness; corrosion protection; coral-reef-like architecture

Mechanical robustness is a central concern for moving artificial superhydrophobic surfaces to application practices. It is believed that bulk hydrophilic materials cannot be use to construct micro/nanoarchitectures for superhydrophobicity since abrasion‐induced exposure of hydrophilic surfaces leads...