Indexed by:
Abstract:
Fabricating large-scale super-hydrophobic surfaces for commercial applications is challenging due to certain limitations. In this paper, a simple and inexpensive method is developed to fabricate super-hydrophobic surfaces on silicone rubbers. Rough microstructures were prepared on the mould's inner surfaces and then sample super-hydrophobic surfaces on silicone rubbers with different surface roughness were achieved using the standard moulding process. Furthermore, the effects of roughness on the wettability were investigated. The results showed that by controlling the roughness, the fabricated surfaces exhibited a static contact angle of 150.9 degrees and a sliding angle of 8 degrees. Finally, the property of hydrophobicity recovery for the silicone-rubber samples was also studied. The surfaces of the samples could recover well after a sand-blasting experiment. The proposed method is low-cost, environmentally friendly and suggests promising industrial applications.
Keyword:
Reprint Author's Address:
Email:
Source :
MATERIALI IN TEHNOLOGIJE
ISSN: 1580-2949
Year: 2017
Issue: 5
Volume: 51
Page: 783-787
0 . 5 9
JCR@2017
0 . 6 3 8
JCR@2020
ESI Discipline: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
ESI HC Threshold:217
JCR Journal Grade:4
CAS Journal Grade:4
Cited Count:
WoS CC Cited Count: 4
SCOPUS Cited Count: 6
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All
WanFang Cited Count:
Chinese Cited Count:
30 Days PV: 5
Affiliated Colleges: