"Artificial lotus leaf" prepared using a 1945 patent and a commercial textile
Publication Date
2006
Journal or Book Title
Langmuir
Abstract
Two polyester textiles, conventional polyester and microfiber polyester fabrics, were hydrophobized using a simple, patented water-repellent silicone coating procedure. Water contact angles on these two surfaces are θA/θR = 151°/140° and θA/θR = 170°/165°, respectively. A smooth surface of this of this coating exhibits θA/θR = 110°/100°. The binary length scale topography (∼2 μm/∼50 μm) of the microfiber polyester is responsible for relieving receding contact line pinning and promoting water repellency that is superior to that of the lotus leaf. The recent literature on superhydrophobic surfaces is criticized for neglecting literature of the 1940s.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1021/la061237x
Pages
5998-6000
Volume
22
Issue
14
Recommended Citation
Gao, Lichao and McCarthy, Thomas J., ""Artificial lotus leaf" prepared using a 1945 patent and a commercial textile" (2006). Langmuir. 668.
https://doi.org/10.1021/la061237x