Since the recent year, we have seen the interest in scientist to mimic the natural behaviour, and they tried to mimic the nature’s property of superhydrophobicity artificially and very far they also get succeeded. This superhydrophobic property is very useful in many aspects of life as well as in industries as they have an extensive property to overcame wear, corrosion, biofouling etc. There are different ways to fabricate these coatings, some are chemical and some are physical. In this review paper, we have discussed the theoretical background of superhydrophobicity and discussed the need for a surface to become superhydrophobic like surface energy and roughness and also different ways of fabrication in which some are simple and cost-effective and some are very useful for industries. Also, there are different examples of materials that can show superhydrophobic properties.
In this era of science where we want things to get more durable and affectless from outer element like corrosion, wear, water, friction, biofouling etc, in this which reduction of wettability is an important phenomenon. we try to mimic water repellence property from our nature to reduce contact with water like a lotus leaf, rose petal, cicada wings etc, this effect is known as superhydrophobicity. In this paper, we have discussed a general introduction about superhydrophobicity and will focus on its application in different fields. In this review paper, there are a lot of examples of coatings that are made by different researchers. We have discussed extensive area of application of superhydrophobicity like corrosion reduction, marine industries, aeroplane industry, self-cleaning, anti-icing, wear resistivity etc.
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