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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Superhydrophobic coating."”.
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Investigation of the Effect of Superhydrophobic Coatings on the Performance of Heat Exchangers
… of this project was to investigate the effect of superhydrophobic coatings on the performance of aluminium louvered fin heat exchangers. A method was developed to prepare superhydrophobic coatings on the exchangers by applying layer of metallic zinc and then reacting the zinc-coated exchanger with …
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Novels materials based on 2-dimensional arrays of metal nanoparticles and microparticles
… of roughness required to form Cassie-Baxter superhydrophobic materials after modification with polyfluorothiols to lower the surface energy. In this thesis, the films were used as substrates for SERS detection following droplet evaporation from the surface but due to their flexibility they …
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Effects of the hydrophobic coating on the initiation of frost formation.
The growth and freezing process of water droplets forming on hydrophobic coated surface were investigated by using a digital high-speed microscopy system. The images indicated that hydrophobicity of surfaces can affect the fusion of inter-droplets to form some relative dry areas between droplets …
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Exploring plastron stability and fluid friction reduction on robust micro-textured non-wetting surfaces
… of this thesis. The development of a surface coating that reduces fluid drag can potentially lead to a number of practical applications such as fuel savings in marine vehicles and energy savings in pipe flows. First, a single-step, scalable spray coating technique to fabricate liquid-repellent …