Abstract: Superhydrophobic coating has extremely high application value and practicability. However, some difficult problems such as weak mechanical strength, the need for expensive toxic reagents, and a complex preparation process are all hard to avoid, and these problems have impeded the superhydrophobic coating's real-life application for a long time. Here, we demonstrate one kind of omnipotent epoxy resins @ stearic acid-Mg(OH)2 superhydrophobic coating via a simple anti deposition route and one-step superhydrophobization process. The whole preparation process is facile, and expensive toxic reagents needed. This omnipotent coating can be applied on any solid substrate with great waterproof ability, excellent mechanical stability, and chemical durability, which can be stored in a realistic environment for more than 1 month. More significantly, this superhydrophobic coating also has four protective abilities, antifouling, anticorrosion, anti-icing, and flame-retardancy, to cope with a variety of possible extreme natural environments. Therefore, this omnipotent epoxy resins @ stearic acid-Mg(OH)(2) superhydrophobic coating not only satisfies real-life need but also has great application potential in many respects. 
KeyWords Plus: MECHANICALLY ROBUST; CORROSION-RESISTANCE; FLAME-RETARDANT; SURFACES; WETTABILITY; FABRICATION; PARTICLES; FILMS; WATER; CONDENSATION
Published in ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 8 (25):16511-16520; 10.1021/acsami.6b04668 JUN 29 2016