Issue 5, 2015

Fabrication of micro-nanocomposite coatings with lotus leaf like texture by combining electroless and candle soot depositions

Abstract

A facile method has been developed through this study to mimic the lotus-leaf-like texture over the aluminum surface. Cylindrical shaped copper coatings were formed initially on the aluminum surface by electroless deposition. Then, the electroless modified aluminum surface was sooted with a candle flame to get the hydrophobic carbon nanoparticles. The resultant superhydrophobic micro-nanocomposite coating showed identical lotus-leaf like texture with a water contact angle of 174°.

Graphical abstract: Fabrication of micro-nanocomposite coatings with lotus leaf like texture by combining electroless and candle soot depositions

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Letter
Submitted
23 Dec 2014
Accepted
25 Feb 2015
First published
25 Feb 2015

New J. Chem., 2015,39, 3337-3340

Fabrication of micro-nanocomposite coatings with lotus leaf like texture by combining electroless and candle soot depositions

N. Karthik and M. G. Sethuraman, New J. Chem., 2015, 39, 3337 DOI: 10.1039/C4NJ02380C

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