Transparent, super-hydrophobic, disordered composite material
OwnerJohn T. Simpson, Brian R. D'Ursoinventors
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Abstract
A super-hydrophobic disordered composite material having a protrusive surface feature includes a recessive phase and a protrusive phase, the recessive phase having a higher susceptibility to a preselected etchant than the protrusive phase, the composite material having an etched surface wherein the protrusive phase protrudes from the surface to form a protrusive surface feature, the protrusive feature being super-hydrophobic, the super-hydrophobic disordered composite material being transparent.
Claims6
A super-hydrophobic disordered composite material having a protrusive surface feature, said disordered composite material comprising a recessive phase and a protrusive phase, said recessive phase having a higher susceptibility to a preselected etchant than said protrusive phase, said composite material having a differentially etched surface wherein said protrusive phase protrudes from said surface to form a protrusive surface feature, said protrusive feature being hydrophobic, said super-hydrophobic disordered composite material being transparent.
A composite material in accordance with claim 6 wherein said hydrophobic coating further comprises at least one fluorocarbon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.