Superhydrophobic aluminum alloy surfaces prepared by chemical etching process and their corrosion resistance properties

Fabrication of Corrosion Resistance Micro-Nanostructured Superhydrophobic Anodized Aluminum in a One-Step Electrodeposition Process

“…Creating a rough surface, as well as reducing the surface energy is attributed to the modification of superhydrophobicity [7]. In the last few decades, a large effort has been devoted to the realization of superhydrophobic surfaces, due to their applications in biology [8], anti-corrosion [9][10][11][12], anti-icing [13], self-cleaning [14], etc.…”

Preparation of Textured Surfaces on Aluminum-Alloy Substrates

“…The selected duralumin samples were also hydrophobized with stearic acid similarly to the literature [5,6,18,24]. First, the stearic acid was dissolved by stirring in an ethanol:water 1:1 weight fraction solution at 60 °C for 20 min.…”

“…Especially for front and functional surfaces, which come into contact with other materials and weather conditions, aluminum alloys are essential postproduction processes for surface treatment [2,3,4]. These modifications should improve the appearance of the final product and inhibit surface oxidation [5,6,7], promote adhesion [8,9,10,11], or reduce staining thanks to their self-cleaning properties [4,12]. …”

“…Chemicals that are used for these modifications include fluorocarbons [12], stearic acid [5,6,18,24], polypropylene [25], and silanes [7,26]. …”

Novel, stable and durable superhydrophobic film on glass prepared by RF magnetron sputtering

“…Inspired by the well-known lotus effect, various superhydrophobic (SHP) surfaces have been investigated for their potential applications in oil-water separation [1], self-healing [2], anticorrosion [3] and anti-icing [4], etc. Based on the recognized process of constructing of rough mircostructures and modifying with low-surface-energy materials, many techniques have been proposed to synthesize SHP surface such as sol-gel [5], anodic oxidation [6], electrospinning [7] and physical vapor deposition (PVD) [8], etc.…”