{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Han Z"],"funding":["Jilin University","People’s Government of Jilin Province","National Natural Science Foundation of China","China Postdoctoral Science Foundation"],"pagination":["26497-26505"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9083089"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["8(47)"],"pubmed_abstract":["In this work, inspired by some typical creatures from nature with superhydrophobic surfaces, a bio-inspired antifogging PDMS is designed and fabricated successfully using UV lithography and a template method. First, we fabricated an SU-8 layer with a bio-inspired micro-pillared array (MPA) using traditional UV lithography. Then, it was used as a template to fabricate a PDMS film (PF). After that, it was chemically modified with SiO<sub>2</sub> coatings. It was found that the PF coupled with sprayed SiO<sub>2</sub> coatings and a MPA have a higher water contact angle (CA) of 158° and a lower contact angle hysteresis (CAH) of less than 2°. Water drops can be separated from this bio-inspired PDMS surface within 86.8 ms. More importantly, this film's antifogging property is superior, with a re"],"journal":["RSC advances"],"pubmed_title":["Bio-inspired antifogging PDMS coupled micro-pillared superhydrophobic arrays and SiO<sub>2</sub> coatings."],"pmcid":["PMC9083089"],"funding_grant_id":["SF2017-3-4","51505183","2017010","51325501","51675220","2018T110246"],"pubmed_authors":["Niu S","Ren L","Zhang J","Feng X","Han Z","Jiao Z","Wang Z","Zhao J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Bio-inspired antifogging PDMS coupled micro-pillared superhydrophobic arrays and SiO<sub>2</sub> coatings.","description":"In this work, inspired by some typical creatures from nature with superhydrophobic surfaces, a bio-inspired antifogging PDMS is designed and fabricated successfully using UV lithography and a template method. First, we fabricated an SU-8 layer with a bio-inspired micro-pillared array (MPA) using traditional UV lithography. Then, it was used as a template to fabricate a PDMS film (PF). After that, it was chemically modified with SiO<sub>2</sub> coatings. It was found that the PF coupled with sprayed SiO<sub>2</sub> coatings and a MPA have a higher water contact angle (CA) of 158° and a lower contact angle hysteresis (CAH) of less than 2°. Water drops can be separated from this bio-inspired PDMS surface within 86.8 ms. More importantly, this film's antifogging property is superior, with a re","dates":{"release":"2018-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2018 Jul","modification":"2025-04-27T01:05:04.371Z","creation":"2025-04-06T18:06:00.367Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9083089","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35541092"],"doi":["10.1039/c8ra04699a"]}}