Tunable Antifouling Behaviour on Rough Surfaces

Thermoregeneration of Plastrons on Superhydrophobic Coatings for Sustained Antifouling Properties

T Simovich, A Rosenhahn, RN Lamb

2020-03-01

A popular and desirable function of superhydrophobic coatings is their remarkable ability to retain an entrapped layer of air, cal..

Superhydrophobicity from the Inside

Tomer Simovich, Cameron Ritchie, George Belev, David ML Cooper, Robert N Lamb

2017-12-12

The nature of trapped air on submersed ultra-water-repellent interfaces has been investigated. These gaseous layers (plastrons) ca..

Correlating Material Properties with the Wear Behavior of Sol–Gel Derived Superhydrophobic Films

B Dyett, R Lamb

2016-07-08

Superhydrophobic films are routinely prepared utilizing sol–gel chemistry; however, their application toward self-cleaning or anti..

Hierarchically rough, mechanically durable and superhydrophobic epoxy coatings through rapid evaporation spray method

T Simovich, AH Wu, RN Lamb

2015-08-31

A mechanically durable and scalable superhydrophobic coating was fabricated by combining the advantages of both bottom-up and top-..

Mechanical stability of surface architecture-consequences for superhydrophobicity

BP Dyett, AH Wu, RN Lamb

2014-11-12

Wet chemistry methods such as sol-gel provide a facile means of preparing coatings with controlled surface chemistry and architect..

Marine antifouling from thin air

J Arnott, AHF Wu, MJ Vucko, RN Lamb

2014-10-13

The dynamic relationship between the settlement behaviour of marine biota (cells, spores, larvae) and the longevity of an entrappe..

Toward superhydrophobic and durable coatings: Effect of needle vs crater surface architecture

BP Dyett, AH Wu, RN Lamb

2014-06-25

Practical application of sol-gel derived superhydrophobic films is limited by the fragility of "needlelike" surface roughness. An ..

Energy efficient one-pot synthesis of durable superhydrophobic coating through nylon micro-rods

T Simovich, AH Wu, RN Lamb

2014-03-15

A durable and superhydrophobic coating was fabricated at room temperature through encapsulating nylon micro-rods in a hydrophobic ..

Superhydrophobicity and optical transparency in thin films: Criteria for coexistence

C Wang, AHF Wu, RN Lamb

2014-03-13

The balance between roughness-induced superhydrophobicity and its impact on optical transparency was examined using 1-μm thick "se..

Wetting transitions on hierarchical surfaces

KL Cho, AHF Wu, II Liaw, D Cookson, RN Lamb

2012-12-27

The current study reports the fabrication and characterization of superhydrophobic surfaces with increasing nanoroughness by decre..