A comprehensive review on anticorrosive/antifouling superhydrophobic coatings: Fabrication, assessment, applications, challenges and future perspectives

TP Rasitha, NG Krishna, B Anandkumar… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Superhydrophobicity (SHP) is an incredible phenomenon of extreme water repellency of
surfaces ubiquitous in nature (Eg lotus leaves, butterfly wings, taro leaves, mosquito eyes …

Facile fabrication of robust superhydrophobic aluminum surfaces with enhanced corrosion protection and antifouling properties

TP Rasitha, SC Vanithakumari, DNG Krishna… - Progress in Organic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the progress made on superhydrophobic (SHP) coatings, a key challenge is the
ability to fabricate mechanically robust SHP surface. Here, we report findings of the …

Fractal dimension of concrete incorporating silica fume and its correlations to pore structure, strength and permeability

Q Lü, Q Qiu, J Zheng, J Wang, Q Zeng - Construction and Building Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, we focused on the correlations among the fractal dimension, compressive
strength, and permeability of concrete incorporating silica fume. The fractal dimension was …

Microstructural evolution of asphalt induced by chloride salt erosion

Z Long, N Guo, X Tang, Y Ding, L You, F Xu - Construction and Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
A salt-eroded environment can have a significant negative impact on asphalt pavements,
especially in the salt-rich regions of east and west China. This research examines the …

First proof-of-principle of inorganic lead halide perovskites deposition by magnetron-sputtering

C Borri, N Calisi, E Galvanetto, N Falsini, F Biccari… - Nanomaterials, 2019 - mdpi.com
The present work reports the application of RF-magnetron sputtering technique to realize
CsPbBr 3 70 nm thick films on glass substrate by means of a one-step procedure. The …

Multi-fractal hierarchy of single-walled carbon nanotube hydrophobic coatings

F De Nicola, P Castrucci, M Scarselli, F Nanni… - Scientific Reports, 2015 - nature.com
A hierarchical structure is an assembly with a multi-scale morphology and with a large and
accessible surface area. Recent advances in nanomaterial science have made increasingly …

A quantitative assessment of carbon nanotube dispersion in polymer matrices

PT Lillehei, JW Kim, LJ Gibbons, C Park - Nanotechnology, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Quantifying the nature and extent of the dispersion of nanomaterials in polymer matrices is
the important first step in understanding the relationship between the nanoscale structure …

Tuning and fine morphology control of natural resource-derived vertical graphene

S Alancherry, MV Jacob, K Prasad, J Joseph, O Bazaka… - Carbon, 2020 - Elsevier
Tunability and fine control of structure and morphology in the patterns of vertically-oriented
graphenes is of high importance for their efficient functionalization and application. In this …

Quantitative roughness characterization and 3D reconstruction of electrode surface using cyclic voltammetry and SEM image

S Dhillon, R Kant - Applied surface science, 2013 - Elsevier
Area measurements from cyclic voltammetry (CV) and image from scanning electron
microscopy (SEM) are used to characterize electrode statistical morphology, 3D surface …

A quantitative study of aggregation behaviour and integrity of spray-dried microcapsules using three deep convolutional neural networks with transfer learning

F Yu, T Lu, B Han, C Xue - Journal of Food Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Deep convolutional neural networks (DCNN) with transfer learning were employed to
automatically identify, classify, and quantify two morphological characteristics (aggregated …