Superhydrophobic materials repel water due to their surface morphology and chemistry. The seminar discussed the properties of superhydrophobicity where the water contact angle exceeds 150 degrees. Examples of applications included anti-corrosion coatings for infrastructure like bridges and pipelines, aircraft deicing, self-cleaning surfaces, and anti-fouling coatings. The talk covered measuring contact angles, examples of superhydrophobic materials like manganese oxide and silica coatings, and potential products like coatings for cables and glass.

1. Seminar
on
Superhydrophobic Materials
by
Hanif sheikh
AMT,ME
UVCE, Bangalore

2. Some of the common natural
Hydrophobic materials are waxes,
oil and fats.
Hydrophobicity comes also from the greek word Hydro(water)
and Phobicity (fear) it refers to the physical property of a
material that repels a mass of water.
WHAT IS MEANT HYDROPHOBICITY ?
The evaluation of hydrophobicity
is made through water contact
angle measurements.
A water droplet would be
spherical so the water contact
angle will be significantly high.

4. Lotus Effect –
Superhydrophobicity
Contact angle: > 150˚
A droplet on a superhydrophobic surface: The
droplet touches the leave only in a few points
and forms into a ball. It completely rolls off at
the slightest declination.
Roughening a hydrophobic surface increases
the effective contact angle
Superhydrophobic–contact angle with a drop of
water that exceeds 150 degrees

5. SUPER HYDROPHOBIC COATING
Super hydrophobic technology
makes water bounce, it stops it,
rolls it off the surface.
The process of coating the surface of a material with hydrophobic
property material in order to avoid sticking of liquids on that surface.
This is absolutely unique way of coating unlike conventional which
shrink continuously during drying to produce low porosity films.

6. Contact Angle Measurement
Goniometer
for
Contact Angle
measurements

7. Scanning Electron Microscope
• Surface morphology
• Surface structure
size / particle size
Measurement
• Surface elemental
analysis

8. PROBLEMS
Pipe Corrosion :
$6 –8 billion –transmission
pipelines
$276 billion –residential plumbing
costs
Bridge Corrosion:
Annual cost of US
Bridges: $7 billion

9. Global marine coatings -$4.7
billion

10. Aircraft Deicing:
$5,000 per aircraft
Power Lines :
One winter storm -$5 billion

11. Superhydrophobic coating can be made from
many different materials.
 Manganese oxide polystyrene (MnO2/PS) nano-composite
 Zinc oxide polystyrene (ZnO/PS) nano-composite
 Precipitated calcium carbonate
 Carbon nano-tube structures
 Silica nano-coating

13. Superhydrophobic Glass Powder
Superhydrophobic Glass
Powder
Phase Separating Glass Phase-Separated Spinodal Structure
Heat Treatment
Crushed Glass Powder
Acid Etched Powder
Apply
Self -Assembled Monolayer
(SAM)

14. Product(s)
Coatings Applications
 Anti-fouling
 Anti-condensation
 Anti-friction
 Anti-ice
 Anti-clotting
 Anti-corrosion

15. Tested Applications
Coated Cables Uncoated Cables

16. Tested Applications
Uncoated Reference SampleModified SH Coating

17. APPLICATIONS
• A primary purpose of hydrophobic coatings such as
polytetrafluoroethylene(PTFE) is to act as a barrier against
water commonly seen in automobiles.
• Used in fabrication on metallic nano rod to prevent icing.
• Its is widely used in aerospace industry for providing anti-icing
coating on the surface of the aeroplane .
• Hydrophobic self cleaning glasses are installed in traffic sensor
control unit.
• We induce hydrophobic recovery after plasma treatment, a
physical contact treatment (PCT) .

18. self-cleaning, low adhe- sion and drag reduction in nature.
The development of superhydrophobic and self-cleaning
surfaces is important for basic research as well as various
applications, such as anti-biofouling paints for boats, antisticking
of snow for antennas and windows, self-cleaning windshields for
automobiles, microfluidics, lab-on-a chip devices, metal refining,
stain resistant textiles, anti-soiling architectural coatings, dust-
free coatings on building glasses and so on.
It will be great challenge for the material scientists to fabricate
permanent or semi-permanent superhydropho- bic surfaces for
its use in commercial products.
Conclusions