Bio-Inspired Hierarchical Micro-/Nanostructures for Anti-Icing Solely Fabricated by Metal-Assisted Chemical Etching.

ABSTRACT: We report a cost-effective and scalable methodology for producing a hierarchical micro-/nanostructured silicon surface solely by metal-assisted chemical etching. It involves two major processing steps of fabricating micropillars and nanowires separately. The process of producing micro-scale structures by masked metal-assisted chemical etching was optimized. Silicon nanowires were created on the micropillar's surface via maskless metal-assisted chemical etching. The hierarchical micro-/nanostructured surface exhibits superhydrophobic properties with a high contact angle of ~156° and a low sliding angle of <2.5° for deionized water. Furthermore, due to the existence of microscale and nanoscale air trapped at the liquid/solid interface, it exhibits a long ice delay time of 2876 s at -5 °C,

SUBMITTER: Zhang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9317431 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature