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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume 1, Issue 13, Pages 4146-4161Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c2ta01073a
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Funding
- Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University
- Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (973 Program) [2011CB612309]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51073091]
- Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China [20116125110002]
- Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education [212171]
- Program for Transformation of Important Scientific and Technological Achievements of Shaanxi Province [2012KTCG04-07]
- Major Program of Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province [2011ZKC05-7]
- Ministry of Education Foundation of Shaanxi Province [11JK0971]
- Academic Backbone Cultivation Program of Shaanxi University of Science and Technology [XSG2010006]
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Prolonging the lifetime of superhydrophobic surfaces is required so that the materials can be used practically. Thus, great efforts have been made in designing surfaces that maintain micro-and nanoscaled hierarchical structures and low surface-energy property, which are necessary for superhydrophobicity, during use. It was demonstrated that improving surface mechanical strength to increase wear resistance helps maintain hierarchical roughness, retarding the loss of superhydrophobicity. Additionally, designing self-healing materials that can recover their structure and/or properties when damaged has been suggested and demonstrated to sustain the superhydrophobicity of surfaces. This review focuses on recent advances in developing mechanically durable, corrosion-resistant, self-healing, and easily repairable superhydrophobic surfaces, which will enable prolonged lifetime of superhydrophobicity for practical applications in the future.
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