Bioinspired Superhydrophobic Nano- and Microstructured Surfaces for Drag Reduction and Optoelectronics

• Main Author: Vüllers, Felix (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: KIT Scientific Publishing 2018
• Series: Schriften des Instituts für Mikrostrukturtechnik am Karlsruher Institut für Technologie / Hrsg.: Institut für Mikrostrukturtechnik
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; Superhydrophobiztät; Optoelectronics; Bionik; Biomimetic; Air-retention; Optoelektronik; Superhydrophobicity; Hot embossing; Lufthaltung; Heißprägen
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Inspired by superhydrophobic leaves of water plants, a flexible superhydrophobic self-cleaning, transparent thin polymeric nanofur film was fabricated through highly scalable hot embossing and hot pulling techniques. Nanofur can retain an air film underwater, whose stability against external stimuli...