The novelty of this work puts forth the fabrication of a
hydrophobic structure by the use of low cost materials, making use
of equipment and methodologies that are not tedious. This is a
huge advantage compared to the previous methods that used
relatively expensive fluorinated compounds. The deposition of
nanoparticles on a micro structured surface by spin coating and dip
coating is straight forward and in-expensive. By this way, durable,
superhydrophobic surfaces could be attained even without posthydrophobization
[24]. This proposed technology finds application
in the making of super hydrophobic (SHP) property on fabrics by
coating with different materials viz., metallic stearate, polyvinyl
chloride and nano metal oxides as SHP additive. The influence of
roughness of the additives on cotton fabric has been indirectly
substantiated by coating a thin film on the glass surface and
characterized through the AFM. The SHP additives become near
super hydrophobic when it is coated on the glass surface (149.28).
The same trend was also noticed while coating these additives over
cotton fabric with a higher WCA of 151.1