Nondestructive removal of superhydrophobic coatings by an electric switch.

Shuangyan Huang, Qilin Yue, Jiahao Lv, Yanan Wang, Hailei Yang, Qisheng He, Jianwen Zhang, Yong Wei, Shanlin Wang

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Shuangyan HuangSchool of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, China.

Qilin YueSchool of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, China.

Jiahao LvSchool of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, China.

Yanan WangSchool of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, China.

Hailei YangSchool of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, China.

Qisheng HeSchool of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, China.

Jianwen ZhangSchool of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, China. zhangjianwen@swust.edu.cn.

Yong WeiSchool of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, China. msweiyong@swust.edu.cn.

Shanlin WangSchool of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, China. wangshanlin@swust.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8283-5161

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52371076

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extensive efforts have been made to enhance the durability of superhydrophobic coatings by adhesives, yet it raises a challenge to nondestructively remove the failed coatings. Here, we propose a nondestructively removable superhydrophobic (NRS) coating by an electrical switch, inspired by the nondestructive ecdysis of snakes. To achieve this, we sequentially spray i-layer and e-layer using electro-responsively epoxy-based ionic adhesive and superhydrophobic CNT coating, respectively. Its adhesion energy to stainless steel sheets significantly declines from 2.46 kJ m

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PMID42265121

DOI10.1038/s41467-026-74281-9

PMCPMC13402828

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