A reliable method of manufacturing metallic hierarchical superhydrophobic surfaces

Roman Pogreb, Gene Whyman, Reuven Barayev, Edward Bormashenko, Doron Aurbach

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Abstract

A method of manufacturing hierarchical metallic surfaces demonstrating superhydrophobic properties is presented. The surfaces showed apparent contact angles as high as 153° and sliding angles of 10° for 50-100 μl droplets. The Cassie-like model [A. B. D. Cassie and S. Baxter, Trans. Faraday Soc. 40, 546 (1944)], considering the hierarchical topography of the relief, predicts apparent contact angles in a satisfactory agreement with the measured values.

Original languageEnglish
Article number221902
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume94
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

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