References
- W. Barthlott and C. Neinhius: ‘Purity of the sacred lotus, or escape from contamination in biological surfaces’, Planta, 1997, 202, 1–8.
- A. B. Kousaalya, N. Garg and Ravi Kumar: ‘Silica-based superhydrophobic coating by a single-step process’, Surf. Innovations, 2013, 1, 173–180.
- Shu-Hau Hsu, K. Woan and Sigmund Woan: ‘Biologically inspired hairy structures for superhydrophobicity’, Mater. Sci. Eng., 2011, 72, 189–201.
- T. Wagner, C. Neinhuis and W. Barthlott: ‘Wettability and contaminability of insect wings as a function of their surface sculptures’, Acta Zool., 1996, 77, 213–225.
- A. R. Parker and C. R. Lawrence: ‘Water capture from desert fogs by a Namibian beetle’, Nature, 2001, 414, 33–34.
- X. Gao and L. Jiang: ‘Biophysics: water-repellent legs of water striders’, Nature, 2004, 432, 36.
- D. Byun, J. Hong, Saputra, J. H. Ko, Y. J. Lee, H. C. Park, B. K. Byun and J. R. Lukes: ‘Wetting characteristics of insect wing surfaces’, J. Bionic Eng., 2009, 6, 63–70.
- K. Koch, B. Bhushan and W. Barthlott: ‘Diversity of structure, morphology and wetting of plant surfaces’, Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 1943–1963.
- Y. Y. Yan, N. Gao and W. Barthlott: ‘Mimicking natural superhydrophobic surfaces and grasping the wetting process: a review on recent progress in preparing superhydrophobic surfaces’, Adv. Colloid Interface Sci., 2011, 169, 80–105.
- A. Venkateswara Rao, S. S. Latthe, D. Y. Nadargi, H. Hirashima and V. Ganesan: ‘Preparation of MTMS based transparent superhydrophobic silica films by sol-gel method’, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2009, 332, 484–490.
- M. Sarshar, C. Swarctz, S. Hunter, J. Simpson and C. H. Choi: ‘Effects of contact angle hysteresis on ice adhesion and growth on superhydrophobic surfaces under dynamic flow conditions’, Colloid Polym. Sci., 2013, 291, 427–435.
- S. S. Latthe, H. Imai, V. Ganesan and A. Venkateswara Rao: ‘Ultrahydrophobic silica films by sol-gel process’, J. Porous Mater., 2010, 17, 565–571.
- A. B. Gurav, S. S. Latthe, R. S. Vhatkar, J. G. Lee, D. Y. Kim, J. J. Park and S. S. Yoon: ‘Superhydrophobic surface decorated with vertical ZnO nanorods modified by stearic acid’, Ceram. Int., 2014, 40, 7151–7160.
- F. I. Il'darkhanova, G. A. Mironova, K. G. Bogoslovsky, V. V. Men'shikov and E. D. Bykov: ‘Development of paint coatings with superhydrophobic properties’, Prot. Met. Phys. Chem. Surf., 2012, 48, 796–802.
- A. V. Rao, S. S. Latthe, S. A. Mahadik and C. Kappenstein: ‘Mechanically stable and corrosion resistant superhydrophobic sol-gel coatings on copper substrate’, Appl. Surf. Sci., 2011, 257, 5772–5776.
- Y. Huang, D. K. Sarkar and X. G. Chen: ‘A one-step process to engineer superhydrophobic copper surfaces’, Mater. Lett., 2010, 64, 2722–2724.
- Y. Li, W. Z. Jia, Y. Y. Song and X. H. Xia: ‘Superhydrophobicity of 3D porous copper films prepared using the hydrogen bubble dynamic template’, Chem. Mater., 2007, 19, 5758–5764.
- S. S. Latthe, H. Imai, V. Ganesan and A. Venkateswara Rao: ‘Superhydrophobic silica films by sol-gel co-precursor method’, Appl. Surf. Sci., 2009, 256, 217–222.
- V. V. Ganbavle, U. K. H. Bangi, S. S. Latthe, S. A. Mahadik and A. Venkateswara Rao: ‘Self-cleaning silica coatings on glass by single step sol-gel route’, Surf. Coat. Technol., 2011, 205, 5338–5344.
- H. X. Wang, J. Fang, T. Cheng, J. Ding, L. T. Qu, L. M. Dai, X. G. Wang and T. Lin: ‘One-step coating of fluoro-containing silica nanoparticles for universal generation of surface superhydrophobicity’, Chem. Commun., 2008, 7, 877–879.
- D. Hozumi, F. Cheng and M. Yagihashi: ‘Hydrophobic/superhydrophobic oxidized metal surfaces showing negligible contact angle hysteresis’, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2011, 353, 582–587.
- T. Hsieh, W. Y. Chen and F. L. Wu: ‘Fabrication and superhydrophobicity of fluorinated carbon fabrics with micro/ nanoscaled two-tier roughness’, Carbon, 2008, 46, 1218–1224.
- J. Zimmermann, F. A. Reifler, G. Fortunato, L. C. Gerhardt and S. Seeger: ‘A simple, one step approach to durable and robust superhydrophobic textiles, Adv, Funct. Mater., 2008, 18, 3662–3669.
- D. Qi, N. Lu, H. Xu, B. Yang, C. Huang, M. Xu, L. Gao, Z. Wang and L. Chi: ‘Simple approach to wafer-scale self-cleaning antireflective silicon surfaces’, Langmuir, 2009, 25, 7769–7772.
- F. Wang, K. Zhao, J. Cheng and J. Zhang: ‘Conciliating surface superhydrophobicities and mechanical strength of porous silicon films’, Appl. Surf. Sci., 2011, 257, 2752–2755.
- Y. Wang, W. Wang, L. Zhong, J. Wang, Q. Jiang and X. Guo: ‘Super-hydrophobic surface on pure magnesium substrate by wet chemical method’, Appl. Surf. Sci., 2010, 256, 3837–3840.
- M. Kang, R. Jung, H. S. Kim and H. J. Jin: ‘Preparation of superhydrophobic polystyrene membranes by electro spinning’, Colloids Surf. A Physicochem. Eng. Asp., 2008, 313–314, 411–414.
- S. H. Park, S. M. Lee, H. S. Lim, J. T. Han, D. R. Lee, H. S. Shin, Y. Jeong, J. Kim and J. H. Cho: ‘Robust superhydrophobic mats based on electrospun crystalline nanofibers combined with a silane precursor, ACS Appl’, Mater. Interfaces, 2010, 2, 658–662.
- N. Zhan, Y. Li, C. Zhang, Y. Song, H. Wang, L. Sun, Q. Yang and X. Hong: ‘A Novel Multinozzle Electrospinning Process for Preparing Superhydrophobic PS Films with Controllable Bead-on-String/Microfiber Morphology’, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2010, 345, 491–495.
- N. Zhan, Y. Li, C. Zhang, Y. Song, H. Wang, L. Sun, Q. Yang and X. Hong: ‘A novel multi nozzle electro spinning process for preparing superhydrophobic PS films with controllable bead-on-string/microfiber morphology’, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2010, 345, 491–495.
- S. Li, S. Zhang and X. Wang: ‘Fabrication of superhydrophobic cellulose-based materials through a solution-immersion process’, Langmuir, 2008, 24, 5585–5590.
- L. Kong, X. Chen, G. Yang, L. Yu and P. Zhang: ‘Preparation and characterization of slice-like Cu2 (OH)3 NO3 superhydrophobic structure on copper foil’, Appl. Surf. Sci., 2008, 254, 7255–7258.
- J. Liu, X. Huang, Y. Li, Z. Li, Q. Chi and G. Li: ‘Formation of hierarchical CuO micro cabbages as stable bionic superhydrophobic materials via a room-temperature solution-immersion process’, Solid State Sci., 2008, 10, 1568–1576.
- S. S. Latthe, A. B. Gurav, C. S. Maruti and R. S. Vhatkar: ‘Recent progress in preparation of superhydrophobic surfaces: a Review’, J. Surf. Eng. Mater. Adv. Technol., 2012, 2, 76–94.
- M. Ma and R. M. Hill: ‘Superhydrophobic surfaces’, Curr. Opin. Colloid Interface Sci., 2006, 11, 193–202.
- C. H. Xue, S. T. Jia, J. Zhang and J. Z. Ma: ‘Large area fabrication of superhydrophobic surfaces for practical applications: an overview’, Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater., 2010, 11, 1–15.
- M. G. Pujar, C. R. Das, S. Thirunavukkarasu, U. Kamachi Mudali, A. K. Bhaduri, J. Brijitta and B. V. R. Tata: ‘Effect of boron addition on pitting corrosion resistance of modified 9Cr-1Mo steel: application of electrochemical noise’, Mater. Chem. Phys., 2011, 130, 536–547.
- M. G. Pujar, T. Shakthivel, U. Kamachi Mudali and K. Laha: ‘Effect of chemical composition on uniform and pitting corrosion of modified 9Cr-1Mo ferritic steels’, J. Corros. Sci. Eng., 2012, 15.
- S. C. Vanithakumari, R. P. George and U. Kamachi Mudali: ‘Influence of silanes on the wettability of anodized titanium’, Appl. Surf. Sci., 2014, 292, 650–657.
- T. Materne, F. Buyl and G. L. Witucki: ‘Organosilane technology in coating applications: review and perspectives’. Dow Corning Corporation, http://www.dowcorning.com/content/publishedlit/26-1402-01.pdf
- P. V. Mahalakshmi, S. C. Vanithakumari, Judy Gopal, U. Kamachi Mudali and Baldev Raj: ‘Enhancing corrosion and biofouling resistance through superhydrophobic surface modification’, Curr. Sci., 2011, 101, 1328–1336.
- M. A. Workman, S. Raghavan, P. Deymier, D. J. Monk and R. Roop: ‘Aqueous silane-surfactant co-dispersions for deposition of hydrophobic coatings onto pre-oxidized polysilicon’, Colloids Surf. A Physicochem. Eng. Asp., 2004, 232, 67–75.
- E. Erasmus and F. A. Barkhuysen: ‘Superhydrophobic cotton by fluoro silane modification’, Indian J. Fibre Text. Res., 2009, 34, 377–379.
- Md. S. Islam, N. Akter and M. R. Karim: ‘Preparation of superhydrophobic membranes by electro spinning of fluorinated silane functionalized pullalan’, Colloids Surf. A Physicochem. Eng. Asp., 2012, 362, 117–120.
- T. Sun, L. Feng, X. Gao and L. Jiang: ‘Bioinspired surfaces with special wettability’, Acc. Chem. Res., 2005, 38, 644–652.
- H. Liu, S. Szunerits, W. Xu and R. Boukherroub: ‘Preparation of superhydrophobic coatings on Zinc as effective corrosion barriers, ACS Appl’, Mater. Interfaces, 2009, 6, 1150–1153.
- C. Arunchandran, S. Ramya, R. P. George and U. Kamachi Mudali: ‘Self-healing corrosion resistive coatings based on inhibitor loaded TiO2 nanocontainers’, J. Electrochem. Soc., 2012, 159, C1–C8.
- X. Song, J. Zhai, Y. Wang and L. Jiang: ‘Self-assembly of amino-functionalized monolayers on silicon surfaces and preparation of superhydrophobic surfaces based on alkanoic acid dual layers and surface roughening’, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2006, 298, 267–273.
- S. C. Vanithakumari, R. P. George and U. Kamachi Mudali: ‘Enhancement of corrosion performance of titanium by micro-nano texturing’, Corrosion, 2013, 69, 804–812.
- L. Gao and T. J. McCarthy: ‘The Lotus effect explained: two reasons why two length scales of topography are important’, Langmuir, 2006, 22, 2966–2967.
- N. Gao and Y. Yan: ‘Modeling superhydrophobic contact angles and wetting transition’, J. Bionic Eng., 2009, 6, 335–340.
- A. B. D. Cassie and S. Baxter: ‘Wettability of porous surfaces’, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1944, 40, 546–551.
- L. Guo, W. Yuan, J. Li, Z. Zhang and Z. Xie: ‘Stable superhydrophobic surfaces over a wide pH range’, Appl. Surf. Sci., 2008, 254, 2158–2161.
- Z. Chen, F. Li, L. Hao, A. Chen and Y. Kong: ‘One-step electrodeposition process to fabricate cathodic superhydrophobic surface’, Appl. Surf. Sci., 2011, 258, 1395–1398.
- S. Sarkar, S. Patra, S. K. Bera, G. K. Paul and R. Ghosh: ‘Water repellent Zno nanowire arrays synthesized by simple solvothermal technique’, Mater. Lett., 2012, 64, 460–462.
- J. Jia, J. Fan, B. Xu and H. Dong: ‘Microstructure and properties of the super-hydrophobic films fabricated on magnesium alloys’, J. Alloys Compd, 2013, 554, 142–146.
- K. Nakasa, R. Wang and A. Yamamoto: ‘Superhydrophobicity produced by vapour deposition of a hydrophobic layer onto fine protrusions formed by sputter-etching of steels’, Surf. Coat. Technol., 2012, 210, 113–121.
- M. Ruan, W. Li, B. Wang, Q. Luo, F. Ma and Z. Yu: ‘Optimal conditions for the preparation of superhydrophobic surfaces on Al substrates using a simple etching approach’, Appl. Surf. Sci., 2012, 258, 7031–7035.