Self-cleaning transparent superhydrophobic coatings through simple sol-gel processing of fluoroalkylsilane

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 351, Issue , 2015, Pages 897-903

  Liu, Shanhu ^a,b   Liu, Xiaojing ^a   Latthe, Sanjay S ^b   Gao, Li ^a   An, Seongpil ^c   Yoon, Sam S ^c   Liu, Baoshun ^d   Xing, Ruimin ^a,b  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d Wuhan University of Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Dip coating; Lotus leaf; Plastron layer; Self cleaning; Sol gel process; Superhydrophobic

Indexed keywords

CLEANING; COATINGS; DROPS; DUST; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; HYDROPHOBICITY;

DIP COATING; LOTUS LEAF; PLASTRON LAYER; SELF CLEANING; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC;

SOL-GEL PROCESS;

EID: 84964540353     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.06.016     Document Type: Article

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