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Superhydrophobic surface modified by sol-gel silica nanoparticle coating

  • Xiaoxing Zhang
    ,
  • Yanyan Wang
    ,
  • Liang Gu
    ,
  • Zhi Yong Xu
    ,
  • Yan Hua Liu
    ,
  • Changsi Peng
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Abstract

We reported a superhydrophobic silica-coated surface with a water contact angle of 160° with a 4 μL water droplet, and transparency of 70-86% in the wavelength range of 380-800 nm. The silica film was synthesized at room temperature (22 °C) using sol-gel process by a simple, cost-effective and uniform spin-coating by mixing silicon dioxide sol-gel with γ-(2, 3-epoxypropyloxy) propyltrimethoxysilane (KH-560). The durability of the coating could be effectively enhanced by controlling the ratio of KH-560 and modified silicon dioxide sol-gel. It was believed that this process that we used can hold a great potential in super-hydrophobic surface fabrication.

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Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 155-160

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Materials Science Forum (Volume 960)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 30/06/2019

Publication status

Published - 30/06/2019

ISSN

0255-5476

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/624242
  • Scopus: 85071748686

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