Super‐Hydrophobic Surfaces: From Natural to Artificial

作者：Libang Feng, Shuhui Li, Yuanxin Li, Hong Li, Liang Zhang, Jin Zhai, Yanlin Song, Bing Liu, Lei Jiang, Dongpo Zhu · 发表于：Advanced Materials · 年份：2002 · DOI：10.1002/adma.200290020 · 被引用次数：4407 · 研究领域：Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity、Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions、Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials

Abstract Super‐hydrophobic surfaces, with a water contact angle (CA) greater than 150°, have attracted much interest for both fundamental research and practical applications. Recent studies on lotus and rice leaves reveal that a super‐hydrophobic surface with both a large CA and small sliding angle (α) needs the cooperation of micro‐ and nanostructures, and the arrangement of the microstructures on this surface can influence the way a water droplet tends to move. These results from the natural world provide a guide for constructing artificial super‐hydrophobic surfaces and designing surfaces with controllable wettability. Accordingly, super‐hydrophobic surfaces of polymer nanofibers and differently patterned aligned carbon nanotube (ACNT) films have been fabricated.