What is it about?
Silicone rubber is widely used in electrical insulation industry. Here, we introduce a simple and industrialized way to produce micro-nanostructured silicone rubber surfaces using compression molding system. This way, the fabricated surfaces are possessing superhydrophobic and self-cleaning properties.
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Why is it important?
Nowadays, superhydrophobicity plays a pivotal role in many applications such as anti-corrosion, anti-fogging, anti-biofouling, oil-water separation, low-adhesion, low-drag, non-wetting, buoyancy enhancement, self-cleaning and icephobic properties. The two latter properties are highly demanded in the electrical insulation industry. We developed an industrially practical method to produce silicone rubber which would be non-demanding for further steps to be superhydrophobic. The molded silicone rubber possesses superhydrophobic properties upon molding.
Perspectives
Through writing this article, I had this chance to closely worked with industry where I gained many valuable experiences. Also, it was a great pleasure for me to work with my co-authors who have a wide and deep knowledge in this field. I hope this article opens new avenue in the field of the industrially fabrication of superhydrophobic surfaces.
Khosrow Maghsoudi
Universite du Quebec
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This page is a summary of: Micro-Nanostructured Silicone Rubber Surfaces Using Compression Molding, Materials Science Forum, December 2018, Trans Tech Publications,
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.941.1802.
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