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Fabrication of Biomimetic Surface for Hydrophobic and Anti-icing Purposes via the Capillary Force Lithography

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In this paper, inspired by lotus leaf surfaces, we fabricated biomimetic multi-scale micro-nano-structures by Two-Step Capillary Force Lithography (TS-CFL) and UV-assisted Capillary Force Lithography (UV-CFL). The experimental results indicated that TS-CFL was unfitted to fabricate large-area multi-scale micro-nano-structures. Conversely, UV-CFL can fabricate large-area multi-scale micro-nano-structures. We discussed the hydrophobic and anti-icing properties of the biomimetic surfaces fabricated by these two technologies. We found that small structures are significant for improving the hydrophobic anti-icing properties of single-structured or structureless surfaces. We believe that these results can complement the experimental details of both technologies and enable the development of more interesting micro-nano-structures biomimetic surfaces by both technologies in the future.

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61705096, 12274189 and 62075092), Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2021MF121), and Yantai City-University Integration Development Project (2021XDRHXMXK26, 2021XKZY03).

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Xing, W., Tang, Y., Zhao, F. et al. Fabrication of Biomimetic Surface for Hydrophobic and Anti-icing Purposes via the Capillary Force Lithography. J Bionic Eng 21, 74–83 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42235-023-00451-w

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