HYDROPHO-CHEAP project, funded by the European Research Council (ERC)

Commercialization of a novel method for fabricating cheap tailor–made superhydrophobic surfaces

We have recently developed a novel process that allows us to achieve “tailor-made” control of polymer surfaces' wettability, by altering the morphology of these surfaces at a nanometer scale, using a fast, inexpensive, and versatile approach.

Applying this process makes these surfaces impossible to wet (Superhydrophobic), giving them controlled functionality and unprecedented capabilities (self-clean, low flow friction, controlled droplet handling etc.).

The aim of the HYDROPHO-CHEAP project is to optimize, protect, and commercialize the methodology.

Contact: Assist. Prof. A. G. Papathanasiou, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece. http://www.chemeng.ntua.gr/people/pathan/

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