Transparent, durable and thermally stable PDMS-derived superhydrophobic surfaces
Abstract(#br)We reported a novel, simple, modification-free process for the preparation of transparent superhydrophobic surfaces by calcining candle-soot-coated polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) films. Though a calcination process, a candle soot template was gradually removed while robust fibrous and network structures were created on glass. Owing to these structures, the glass substrates were durable and highly transparent with an average transmittance (400–800\u003cce:hsp sp=\"0.25\"/\u003enm) of 89.50%, very closed to the bare glass slides (89.70%).