Understanding the self-replenishing of hydrophobic coatings for further industrial applications

Hydrophobic materials hold many properties that are desirable in coatings, e.g. water repellency and low-adhesion are essential to achieve an easy-to-clean/ self-cleaning behavior. However, most of the coatings currently available cannot maintain their hydrophobicity upon surface damage or wear, due to the irreversible loss of the low surface...

Self-healing adhesion on polymer coatings

Supramolecular self assembling hydrogen bonded polymeric materials are of great importance due to its practical relevance. Well designed molecules based on these concepts can produce polymeric materials with “responsive” properties like self healing even in coating application. The reversible, non-covalent hydrogen bonding interactions are a...