Year: 2011
Source: Nano Today, Volume 6, Issue 5
Xianfeng Wang, Bin Dingdong, Jianyong Yu, Moran Wang
Bionics offers a model for the development of functional surfaces in addition to special wettability. Recently, manufacturing bio-inspired superhydrophobic surfaces has still got a hot research topic. The electrospinning technique is a versatile and effective method for producing nanomaterials with controllable compositions and structures, and thus an ideal strategy for all of the construction of superhydrophobic surfaces on a deep level.Aft a brief description of the various superhydrophobic surfaces inspired by nature, we have the superhydrophobic recent advances in the design and manufacture of these bio-inspired surfaces via electrospinning technique. The studies on the switchable wettability of the surface brought about by external stimuli nanofibrous are also addressed. We cogitate in the vicinity of an abstract of existing and future research efforts and opportunities in the development of nanomaterials for all electrospun superhydrophobic applications.
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Graphical Abstract Highlights
► Electrospun superhydrophobic structures of motivation have been highlighted. ► face modification of electrospun nanofibers could introduce coarse structure also, as materials with low surface energy on preformed hard surfaces . ► roughening hydrophobic materials by electrospinning provides a one-step scheme to prepare superhydrophobic surfaces. ► The current research in the reversibly switchable wettability of fibrous surface is briefly discussed.► Future challenges and prospects of development of micro-and nanofibrous superhydrophobic surfaces are closed.