Transparent hydrophobic materials have broad application prospects in industry and daily life due to its transparent and super-hydrophobic characteristics, while its performance will be significantly influenced by the materials and its surface morphology. Hydrophobicity and transparency are competitive properties from the viewpoint of surface roughness. However, there are still a lot of problems to be solved to satisfy hydrophobicity and transparency simultaneously in the prepared surface. A novel and simple method to fabricate transparent hydrophobic surface is introduced in the present paper. Micron and sub-micron mixed Al 2 O 3 powders were deposited on the glass and plastic substrate by vacuum cold spray. The coatings were modified by 1,1,2,2- Tetrahydroperfluorodecyltrimethoxysilane (FAS) to reduce the surface energy. The surface morphology was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and 3D laser microscopy (LSM). The transmittance of the coating was also investigated. The results show that the as-sprayed surfaces exhibit submicron structure. After FAS absorbing treatment, the contact angle of water droplets on the coatings ranged from 108° to 136° depending on the local surface morphology, and the transmittance of Al 2 O 3 coatings are all above 80% in the range of visible light.

A new method to fabricate micro-nano scaled surface with super-hydrophobicity is introduced in the present paper. Micro-nano hierarchical structure coatings based on silica (SiO 2 ) micron particles were successfully deposited on the stainless steel substrates by high-velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF) spraying which were modified by 1,1,2,2- Tetrahydroperfluorodecyltrimethoxysilane (FAS) to reduce surface energy. The influences of the HVOF process parameters on the wettability of the coatings were investigated. The coatings were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), 3D laser microscopy (LSM), and Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR). The results show that the as-sprayed surfaces exhibit micro-nano hierarchical structure. The water droplets are strongly adhesive to the as-sprayed surface, while by FAS absorbing treatment, the surfaces exhibit super-hydrophobicity, whose contact angle with water droplets are as high as 150°, and the water droplets tend to roll on the surface with extremely low adhesion with a sliding angle of 3°