Hydrophobic coatings

4.1. Overview：

Hydrophobic surfaces refer to the surfaces with a contact angle θ = 90-150°, which reduce or eliminate the adhesion of water, biological fluids, DNA and most other contaminants (Figure 1).

Figure 1. Effect comparison diagram between uncoated (up) and coated (down)^[1].

4.2. Applications:

Figure 2. Application examples that usually need hydrophobic coatings.

4.3. Coating Materials:

• Parylene
• Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
• Fluorinated polysiloxane
• etc...

4.4. Services that CD Bioparticles can provide:

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Reference:
1. Xue Y. Chuangchao S. A facile approach to fabricate superhydrophobic coatings on porous surfaces using cross-linkable fluorinated emulsions. Chemical Engineering Journal. 2017, 330(15) 202-212.