Keywords
Superhydrophobicity
Contact angle
Hysteresis
Microstructure
Submitted : 2024-09-02
Accepted : 2024-09-17
Published : 2024-10-02
Abstract
The potential applications of superhydrophobicity for self-cleaning, microfluidic systems, and so on, inspired by the “lotus leaf effect”, have recently attracted great attention from academia and industry. To date, however, neither experimental nor theoretical studies have reached the scalable application of superhydrophobic surfaces, and no simple methods have been developed to produce durable superhydrophobic surfaces. In this project, conical, cylindrical, and cube microstructures with different shapes and dimensions were prepared by 3D printing. Among these structures, the conical microstructures without further modification exhibited the best hydrophobic performance with a contact angle of 120°. However, the hydrophobic performance of the cube microstructures was significantly improved with the addition of an FAS coating to the surface, reaching 131°. This indicates that, with the help of the coating, the 3D printed materials with special features can be transformed into hydrophobic surfaces. The outcome of this project will be useful in promoting the efficient and low-cost preparation of superhydrophobic functional surfaces and their engineering applications.
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