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Patterned Superhydrophobic Surfaces: Toward a Synthetic Mimic of the Namib Desert Beetle

✍ Scribed by Zhai, Lei; Berg, Michael C.; Cebeci, Fevzi Ç.; Kim, Yushan; Milwid, John M.; Rubner, Michael F.; Cohen, Robert E.


Book ID
111915971
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
257 KB
Volume
6
Category
Article
ISSN
1530-6984

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The present study demonstrates a surface structure that mimics the water harvesting wing surface of the Namib Desert beetle. Hydrophilic patterns on superhydrophobic surfaces were created with water/2-propanol solutions of a polyelectrolyte to produce surfaces with extreme hydrophobic contrast. Sele