Self-cleaning and superhydrophobic CuO coating by jet-nebulizer spray pyrolysis technique

• DOI: 10.1039/c5ce00177c
• Publication Date: 2015-02-23T16:24:40Z
• Authors: Sanjay S. Latthe; P. Sudhagar; C. Ravidhas; A. Jennifer Christy; D. David Kirubakaran; R. Venkatesh; Anitha Devadoss; C. Terashima; K. Nakata; Akira Fujishima
• Keywords: Nebulizer; Spray pyrolysis; Superhydrophobic coating

The pocket-sized nebulizer equipped jet-spray coating of a monoclinic CuO crystallite surface showed excellent superhydrophobic self-cleaning properties owing to its compact texture and high roughness.