SUPERHYDROPHOBIC AND ANTI-ICING COATING AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME

摘要

Superhydrophobic and anti-icing coating composed of resin, clustered particles, a solvent, and/ or a surfactant. The clustered particles, ranging in diameter from 0.2 to 5 micrometers, are formed from small individual particles ranging in diameter from 2 to 200 nm that are aggregated into, agglomerated into, assembled into clusters or attached onto larger micrometer- sized particles. The surface of the clustered particles is hydrophobic. The surfactant diffuses to the surface of the resin during the curing of the resin when added to improve the water repellency of the original resin that binds the nanoparticles to a substrate. The coatings made through this method have superior water-repellency and anti-icing properties.