Robust silicon dioxide @ epoxy resin micronanosheet superhydrophobic omnipotent protective coating for applications

Superhydrophobic coating have presented enormous application value in mechanical, architectural and other engineering in decade. However, there are some problems that we have to envisage, such as weak mechanical strength, complex technologies and toxic modifiers, which greatly limits its applications in real-life. Here, an omnipotent robust silicon dioxide @ epoxy resin coating was successfully prepared by a facile and environment friendly process, and the whole process can be accomplished in a beaker without any usage of toxic reagents. The as-prepared coating presents excellent waterproof ability, mechanical stability, long-time stability and can be coated almost on any solid substrates. What is more, the superhydrophobic coating also exhibits better survivability to face various intricate environments in nature such as windy, dusty, icing and torridity. Hence, this omnipotent silicon dioxide @ epoxy resin coating possesses enormous application potential in many fields and the facile and environment friendly productive process gives it possibility to be quantity produced in industry.