Laser Structuring with Coatings and Lubricants

COMBINATION OF LASER STRUCTURING WITH COATINGS AND LUBRICANTS 

Stable superhydrophobic surfaces obtained after applying the listed coatings onto different metals and semiconductors are presented in the references given in Table 4. 

An alternative method that can be used for the fabrication of stable water-repellent surfaces on metals is to infuse the surface structures with lubricants. Wong et al. (2011) reported the fabrication of slippery lubricant infused structured surfaces based on the following criteria  

The lubricating liquid must wick into wet and stably adhere within the structured solid surface  

The solid must be preferentially wetted by the lubricating liquid rather than by the liquid needing to be repelled and 

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