Research progress in construction and application of durable stretchable superhydrophobic materials

Abstract

Stretchable superhydrophobic materials can greatly improve the mechanical properties of hydrophobic materials and have great application potential in future scientific and technological products.The preparation methods of stretchable superhydrophobic materials are divided into: the use of elastic materials, the design of stretchable structures, and the combination of elastic materials and stretchable structures.The principles and advantages and disadvantages of various preparation methods were analyzed. The effective measures to improve the durability of stretchable superhydrophobic materials were summarized, and the application principles and characteristics of stretchable superhydrophobic materials in the fields of flexible sensors, emerging electronic equipment, medical protection, liquid mixture purification, micro-droplet control were described.The existing stretchable superhydrophobic materials still face problems such as insufficient durability, high preparation cost and complex process.The research should focus on further development of material system, improvement of stretching principle and introduction of new technologies and new processes.The future development direction is light, flexible, green environmental protection, intelligent and fine.

Keywords

• superhydrophobicity
• stretchable
• durability
• preparation method
• stretchable structure