Superhydrophobic surfaces

Abstract

Surfaces having a hierarchical structure--having features of both microscale and nanoscale dimensions--can exhibit superhydrophobic properties and advantageous condensation and heat transfer properties. The hierarchical surfaces can be fabricated using biological nanostructures, such as viruses as a self-assembled nanoscale template.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Description

PTO

Inventor(s)

Reza Ghodssi, James N Culver, Ryan Enright, Konstantinos Gerasopoulos, Matthew McCarthy, Evelyn N Wang

Date Issued

03/24/2015

Patent No.

8,986,814