Fast and large area fabrication of hierarchical bioinspired superhydrophobic silicon surfaces

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 2363-2369

  Ghio, Simone ^a,b   Paternoster, Giovanni ^b   Bartali, Ruben ^b   Belluti, Pierluigi ^b   Boscardin, Maurizio ^b   M Pugno, Nicola ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioinspired; Hierarchical Structures; Micro fabrication; Silicon Oxide; Superhydrophobic

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; SILICON OXIDES; SILICON WAFERS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

BIO-INSPIRED MATERIALS; BIOINSPIRED; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HIERARCHICAL SURFACES; SILICON SUBSTRATES; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; WATER REPELLENCE; WETTING PERFORMANCE;

WETTING;

EID: 84956866020     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: 1873619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2016.01.041     Document Type: Article

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