Micro-, nano- And hierarchical structures for superhydrophobicity, self-cleaning and low adhesion

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1894, 2009, Pages 1631-1672

  Bhushan, Bharat ^a   Jung, Yong Chae ^a   Koch, Kerstin ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Biomimetics; Superhydrophobic surfaces

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; CONTACT ANGLE; DROP FORMATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYSTERESIS; NANOFLUIDICS;

ADHESIVE FORCE; AIR POCKETS; COMPOSITE STATE; CONTACT ANGLE HYSTERESIS; DROPLET EVAPORATION; DROPLET SIZES; FLUID FLOW; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HYDROPHOBIC COATINGS; IMPACT VELOCITIES; LEAF SURFACES; LOTUS EFFECT; LOTUS LEAVES; LOW ADHESION; PITCH VALUES; PLANT LEAVES; SELF-CLEANING EFFECTS; SELF-CLEANING PHENOMENON; SELF-CLEANING SURFACES; SILICON SURFACES; STATIC CONTACT ANGLE; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; WATER-REPELLENT PROPERTIES;

SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BIOMATERIAL; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; POLYMER; SILICON; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; LOTUS; METHODOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOPHYSICS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LOTUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLYMERS; SILICON; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 67149109836     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0014     Document Type: Article

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