Superhydrophobic Surfaces Developed by Mimicking Hierarchical Surface Morphology of Lotus Leaf

The lotus plant is recognized as a ‘King plant’ among all the natural water repellent plants due to its excellent non-wettability. The superhydrophobic surfaces exhibiting the famous ‘Lotus Effect’, along with extremely high water contact angle (>150°) and low sliding angle (<10°), hav...

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Main Authors: Sanjay S. Latthe, Chiaki Terashima, Kazuya Nakata, Akira Fujishima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-04-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/19/4/4256