Templating method superhydrophobic surfaces

Q. F. Xu, B. Mondal and A. M. Lyons, Fabricating superhydrophobic polymer surfaces with excellent abrasion resistance by a simple lamination templating method, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 3,3508-3514 (2011). 

Figure 1 Typical superhydrophobic surface structure fabricated by templating method (A) replica of Co/ocas/a-like leaf surface on PDMS template (Singh et al., 2007), (B) a microporous pattern of polyvinylidene fluoride film (Li et al., 2006), (C) superhydrophobic hair shaped polymer surface grown through an AAO template (Zhang et al., 2006) and (D) water droplet resting on a polymer hot-press transferred pattern (Bormashenko et al., 2006). PDMS, polydimethylsiloxane AAO, aluminum oxide. Images reprinted with permission from (A, B) Elsevier, Copyright2007and2006 respectively, (C, D) American Chemical Society, Copyright2006.

Peng, R, Ke, Q., Zhou, G.,Tang,T., 2013. Fabrication ofmicrocavity-array superhydrophobic surfaces using an improved template method.. Colloid Interface Sci. 395,326. 

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