Bioinspired silica-based superhydrophobic materials
A review is aimed at setting up a system for silica-based superhydrophobic materials, summarising previous works of this domain, and more importantly, providing reference for subsequent studies.
With years of explorations, researchers have achieved great success in fabricating superhydrophobic materials, herein, silica-based materials play an important role.
Introducing related properties
In general, silica exists in three different morphologies when constructing superhydrophobic materials: They are silica particles, silica micro-string networks, and silica gels. Based on this, researchers give out a panoramic presentation about the synthesis, fabrications, and properties of these “different kinds of silica”. Besides, some of the recent applications, such as anti-reflection, oil-water separation, environmental applications, etc, are briefly introduced.
The study is published in: Applied Surface Science, Volume 426, 31 December 2017, Pages 1–18
