A superhydrophobic dual-scale engineered lotus leaf
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- Title
- A superhydrophobic dual-scale engineered lotus leaf
- Authors
- Donghyun Kim; Kim, J; Park, HC; Lee, KH; HWANG, WOON BONG
- Date Issued
- 2008-01
- Publisher
- IOP PUBLISHING LTD
- Abstract
- A surface was created with the same superhydrophobic property as the lotus leaf (lotus effect) by dipping of sandblasted porous alumina into polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE, Teflon (R): DuPont (TM)) solution. The fabricated engineered lotus leaf had PTFE dual-scale structures. This fabrication process has several advantages, including low fabrication cost, simplicity and easy coverage of a large area. The sandblasted porous alumina template was fabricated by sandblasting of an aluminum sheet and anodization in oxalic acid. To obtain PTFE dual-scale structures, PTFE replication based on the dipping method was used, with a 0.3 w% PTFE solution. To remove the aluminum and alumina layers, wet etching by chromic and phosphoric acid mixed solution and liquid HgCl2 solution was used. The fabricated surface has a superhydrophobic property whose apparent contact angle of the PTFE dual-scale structures was approximately 165 and sliding angle is less than 2.
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/28227
- DOI
- 10.1088/0960-1317/18/1/015019
- ISSN
- 0960-1317
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING, vol. 18, no. 1, 2008-01
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