A facile layer-by-layer deposition process for the fabrication of highly transparent superhydrophobic coatings

Yang Li; Feng Liu; Junqi Sun

doi:10.1039/b900804g

A facile layer-by-layer deposition process for the fabrication of highly transparent superhydrophobic coatings

Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 May 21:(19):2730-2. doi: 10.1039/b900804g. Epub 2009 Mar 27.

Authors

Yang Li¹, Feng Liu, Junqi Sun

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China.

PMID: 19532936
DOI: 10.1039/b900804g

Abstract

A facile layer-by-layer deposition process is developed to fabricate highly-transparent superhydrophobic coatings, which comprise the underlying antireflective nanoporous silica layer and the top transparent superhydrophobic SiO(2) nanoparticle layer.