Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1480801 | Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids | 2015 | 4 Pages |
•A superhydrophobic aluminum surface is created by using a facile sol–gel process.•A hierarchically gel film is made by an 8% hydrazine solution at room temperature.•The superhydrophobic surface is achieved by hydrophobizing step.•The superhydrophobic film on aluminum shows strong mechanical durability.
A simple sol–gel process was developed in this paper to render superhydrophobic aluminum with mechanical durability. Scanning electron microscopy, FT IR spectroscopy and water contact-angle measurements were used to analyze the morphological features, chemical composition and wettability of prepared samples, respectively. Moreover, the mechanical durability of the superhydrophobic films on aluminum was evaluated in a ball-on-plate configuration.