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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| author | Sanjay S. Latthe Chiaki Terashima Kazuya Nakata Akira Fujishima |
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| description | 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°), have been broadly investigated and extensively applied on variety of substrates for potential self-cleaning and anti-corrosive applications. Since 1997, especially after the exploration of the surface micro/nanostructure and chemical composition of the lotus leaves by the two German botanists Barthlott and Neinhuis, many kinds of superhydrophobic surfaces mimicking the lotus leaf-like structure have been widely reported in the literature. This review article briefly describes the different wetting properties of the natural superhydrophobic lotus leaves and also provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art discussion on the extensive research carried out in the field of artificial superhydrophobic surfaces which are developed by mimicking the lotus leaf-like dual scale micro/nanostructure. This review article could be beneficial for both novice researchers in this area as well as the scientists who are currently working on non-wettable, superhydrophobic surfaces. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-77d81cd2a6d749368c13140979b8c9c32022-12-21T18:55:19ZengMDPI AGMolecules1420-30492014-04-011944256428310.3390/molecules19044256molecules19044256Superhydrophobic Surfaces Developed by Mimicking Hierarchical Surface Morphology of Lotus LeafSanjay S. Latthe0Chiaki Terashima1Kazuya Nakata2Akira Fujishima3Photocatalysis International Research Center, Research Institute for Science & Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, JapanPhotocatalysis International Research Center, Research Institute for Science & Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, JapanPhotocatalysis International Research Center, Research Institute for Science & Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, JapanPhotocatalysis International Research Center, Research Institute for Science & Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, JapanThe 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°), have been broadly investigated and extensively applied on variety of substrates for potential self-cleaning and anti-corrosive applications. Since 1997, especially after the exploration of the surface micro/nanostructure and chemical composition of the lotus leaves by the two German botanists Barthlott and Neinhuis, many kinds of superhydrophobic surfaces mimicking the lotus leaf-like structure have been widely reported in the literature. This review article briefly describes the different wetting properties of the natural superhydrophobic lotus leaves and also provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art discussion on the extensive research carried out in the field of artificial superhydrophobic surfaces which are developed by mimicking the lotus leaf-like dual scale micro/nanostructure. This review article could be beneficial for both novice researchers in this area as well as the scientists who are currently working on non-wettable, superhydrophobic surfaces.http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/19/4/4256lotus leafhierarchicalself-cleaningsuperhydrophobicwettability |
| spellingShingle | Sanjay S. Latthe Chiaki Terashima Kazuya Nakata Akira Fujishima Superhydrophobic Surfaces Developed by Mimicking Hierarchical Surface Morphology of Lotus Leaf Molecules lotus leaf hierarchical self-cleaning superhydrophobic wettability |
| title | Superhydrophobic Surfaces Developed by Mimicking Hierarchical Surface Morphology of Lotus Leaf |
| title_full | Superhydrophobic Surfaces Developed by Mimicking Hierarchical Surface Morphology of Lotus Leaf |
| title_fullStr | Superhydrophobic Surfaces Developed by Mimicking Hierarchical Surface Morphology of Lotus Leaf |
| title_full_unstemmed | Superhydrophobic Surfaces Developed by Mimicking Hierarchical Surface Morphology of Lotus Leaf |
| title_short | Superhydrophobic Surfaces Developed by Mimicking Hierarchical Surface Morphology of Lotus Leaf |
| title_sort | superhydrophobic surfaces developed by mimicking hierarchical surface morphology of lotus leaf |
| topic | lotus leaf hierarchical self-cleaning superhydrophobic wettability |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/19/4/4256 |
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