Recent Progress in Preparation of Superhydrophobic Surfaces: A Review

• 作者: Annaso Basavraj Gurav Chavan Shridhar Maruti Rajiv Shrikant Vhatkar Sanjay Subhash Latthe
• 来源期刊: 表面工程材料与先进技术期刊(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: SUPERHYDROPHOBIC WETTING Water Contact ANGLE BIOMIMETIC NANOSTRUCTURE SELF-CLEANING
• 年，卷（期）: 2012,（2）
• 页码范围: 76-94
• 页数: 19页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

In nature, water-repellency (superhydrophobicity) is found, besides in plants, in insects and bird feathers. The booming field of biomimetics allows one to mimic nature to develop nanomaterials, nanodevices, and processes which offer desirable properties. Biomimetics means mimicking biology or nature. Inspired from nature, which reveals excellent superhydrophobicity, researchers have recently developed and implemented biomimetic superhydrophobic surfaces in a variety of smart and simple ways. Superhydrophobicity is an effect where surface roughness and chemical composition combine to generate unusual water repellent surface, causing water to bounce and roll off the surface. This review article provides the overview of the recent progress (within the last four years) in the synthesis, characterization, theoretical modelling, and applications of superhydrophobic surfaces, with focus on the different techniques used and how they have developed over the years. At last, the difficulties related to implementation of superhydrophobic surfaces in day to day life are discussed. This review can find interesting for students, scientists and industrial companies working especially on superhydrophobic surfaces.