Natural and biomimetic artificial surfaces for superhydrophobicity, self-cleaning, low adhesion, and drag reduction
Bharat Bhushan,Yong Chae Jung +1 more
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TL;DR: In this paper, the theoretical mechanisms of the wetting of rough surfaces are presented followed by the characterization of natural leaf surfaces and a comprehensive review is presented on artificial super-hydrophobic surfaces fabricated using various fabrication techniques and the influence of micro-, nano-and hierarchical structures on superhydrophobicity, self-cleaning, low adhesion, and drag reduction.
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About: This article is published in Progress in Materials Science. The article was published on 01 Jan 2011. and is currently open access. The article focuses on the topics: Lotus effect.
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