FABRICATION AND APPLICATION OF HYDROPHOBIC SILICON CONTAINING POLYURETHANE COATINGS. PART TWO. (REVIEW)

Abstract

It is well known, that water drops tend to easily flow down from lotus leaves because of low wetting degree. In the first part of the review, we discussed the basic concept of wetting theory and different limits of existing models. The unsolved questions in the theory of wetting did not slow the development of methods of hydrophobic coatings fabrication. At present, coatings with low wetting degree are implemented in different industry fields. However, fabrication of coatings with stable hydrophobic properties is still difficult. That problem is especially serious for highly- and superhydrophobic coatings. The second part of the review describes the methods of fabrication of hydrophobic, highly- and superhydrophobic polyurethane coatings. We briefly mention the chemical reactions, which lead to polyurethanes obtaining, methods of hydrophobic coatings fabrication, and their application fields. Special attention is focused on the analysis of the surface parameters in order to establish general laws for producing hydrophobic, highly-hydrophobic and super-hydrophobic polyurethane silicon coatings