Superhydrophobic surfaces developed by mimicking hierarchical surface morphology of lotus leaf

Molecules

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 4256-4283

  Latthe, Sanjay S ^a   Terashima, Chiaki ^a   Nakata, Kazuya ^a   Fujishima, Akira ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hierarchical; Lotus leaf; Self cleaning; Superhydrophobic; Wettability

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; NANOMATERIAL; POLITEF; WATER;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; LOTUS; PLANT LEAF; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LOTUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLANT LEAVES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 84899538087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules19044256     Document Type: Review

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