A facile colloidal route for superhydrophobic films with hierarchical roughness

M.A. Raza, Ernst S. Kooij, Arend van Silfhout, Bene Poelsema

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Abstract

We present a simple bottom-up colloidal route towards the manufacture of hierarchical substrates. Owing to the double length scale roughness, these super-structure arrays exhibit superhydrophobic wetting behaviour, characterized by large contact angles, limited hysteresis and small sliding angles. The assembly procedure of the nanocolloidal silica and gold particles is reviewed, as well as the chemical treatments required to obtain stable, reproducible substrates
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)85-88
Number of pages4
JournalProgress in colloid and polymer science
Volume138
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

Keywords

  • METIS-278016

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