Fabrication of biomimetic multi-scale surface of rice leaf and anisotropic superhydrophobic properties

With the continuous exploration of the special morphologies and properties of skin of some animals and plant leaf surfaces in the nature, new hydrophobic surfaces are developed through imitation of the observed surface effects. The aluminum alloy surface which is similar to multi-scale hierarchical structure surface of biomimetic rice leaf can be obtained by combining high speed wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) method and electric...