Hypertransparent Nanostructured Superhydrophobic Self-Cleaning Coatings on Glass Substrates

	Clean Technology 2008 Chapter 9: Environmental & Sensor Technologies
	Hypertransparent Nanostructured Superhydrophobic Self-Cleaning Coatings on Glass Substrates
Authors:	Y.D. Jiang, Y. Smalley, H. Paris, A.T. Hunt
Affilation:	nGimat Co., US
Pages:	632 - 635
Keywords:	nanostructure, superhydrophobic, silica, coating, CCVD
Abstract:	Self-cleaning surfaces have wide applications in architectural and automotive windows and solar panels, etc. The development of superhydrophobic surfaces was inspired by observation of lotus and other plant leaves. Many existing hydrophobic coatings either have low transmittance which is not suitable for windows and solar panels or not as hydrophobic as lotus leaves. In this paper, high quality SiO2 based hypertransparent superhydrophobic coatings with hierarchical microstructure were successfully deposited onto glass by the Combustion Chemical Vapor Deposition (CCVD) technique. A contact angle of 170o, a rolling angle of
ISBN:	1-4200-8502-0
Pages:	724
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Clean Technology 2008

Chapter 9: Environmental & Sensor Technologies

Hypertransparent Nanostructured Superhydrophobic Self-Cleaning Coatings on Glass Substrates