The technology is based on a specific polymerization process leading to
small nanosized silicon filaments, which are only about 10-20 nm in
thickness and a variable length. In this network a thin air-layer is
trapped preventing as far as possible a liquid from wetting the original
surface. Hence, contact angles of up to 179° have been achieved in our
laboratory.
There are many applications possible, e.g. in textie industry, building
construction business, miniaturized chemical labs, surface protection etc.
We are developing such applications and we are open to frther collaborations
together with academics and industry.
Silicone Nanowires are real nanostructures as
The coating plant:
can be seen below:
Water repellent surfaces, self cleaning, oil repellence are
widely used expressions for surface properties of tremendous impact on science
and economy. Although it is well known that nanostructures are essential to
realize those properties, we could develop novel silicone nanostructures and
simple processes delivering superhydrophobicity, superoleophobicity, self
cleaning and chemical inherence.
The key persons in this projects are:
Georg Artus, Jan Zimmermann, Ana Stojanovic, Junping Zhang, Stefan Jung
Do you like to join us? Send your application to
application.seeger@pci.uzh.ch
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