Table 2: – Various combinations of low surface energy materials and micro/nano sized materials used in the development of superhydrophobic coatings on cementitious surfaces and their properties.

LOW SURFACE ENERGY MATERIAL MICRO/NANO MATERIAL SUBSTRATE WCA (°) SA (°) PROPERTIES REFERENCE
Polymethyl-hydrogen siloxane Metakaolin or silica fume Concrete 156 - Superhydrophobicity Flores-Vivian
et al, 2013 [36]
PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane) Integrated microstructure (via nanocasting) UHPC 164 2,5 Superhydrophobicity Self-cleaning Horgnies and Chen, 2014 [30]
PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) - Concrete 155 - Superhydrophobicity Arabzadeh et al., 2017 [35]
PEEK (polyether ether ketone) / PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) - Concrete 159 -
FDTS (1H,1H,2H,2H-Perfluorodecyltrichlorosilane) Sinalized diatomaceous earth Concrete 161 -
PFDTES (1H,1H,1H,2H-perfluorodecyltriethoxysilane) Rice Husk Ash Concrete 152,3 - Superhydrophobicity Husni et al., 2017 [37]
PFDTES (1H,1H,1H,2H-perfluorodecyltriethoxysilane) Rice Husk Ash Concrete 157,7 - Supehydrophobicity Photoluminescence Junaidi et al., 2017 [23]
PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane) Integrated lotus leaf-like microstructure (via nanocasting) Cement paste 140 - Superhydrophobicity Self-cleaning Liu et al., 2017 [33]
Fluoroalkylsilane Hydrolyzed TEOS Luminescence Cement pavement 152,2 5,4 Superhydrophobicity Luminescence Gao et al., 2018 [24]
PFDTES (1H,1H,1H,2H-perfluorodecyltriethoxysilane) Nanotitania e Nanosilica Mortar 162,3 5,7 Superhydrophobicity Subbiah et al., 2018 [27]
NP (N-propyltrimethoxysilane) PMHS (polymethyl-hydrogen siloxane oil) Nanosilica in suspension Mortar 162 5 Superhydrophobicity Self-cleaning She et al., 2018 [14]
NP (N-propyltrimethoxysilane) Nanosilica in suspension Mortar 153 20 Superhydrophobicity Self-cleaning She et al., 2018 [14]
Fluorosilane Nanosilica Concrete 160 <5 Superhydrophobicity Icephobicity Zhao et al., 2018 [29]
PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane) Sandpaper (via nanocasting) Magnesium Oxychloride Cement 142 <5 Superhydrophobicity Self-cleaning Gao et al., 2019 [34]
B-doped carbon particle (BCP) aggregations Natural metakaolin Concrete 156 - Superhydrophobicity Anti-corrosion Li et al., 2019 [47]
DMDCS (Dimethyldichlorosilane) Fumed nanosilica particles Concrete 163,4 <10 Superhydrophobicity Lu et al., 2019 [45]
Commercial water-based stone protector (DC-30, containing silane and siloxane) Nylon mesh with pore size of 300μm Concrete 161 6,5 Superhydrophobicity Icephobicity Anti-Corrosion Song et al., 2019 [16]
Triethoxyoctylsilane Microscale diatomaceous earth + sand powders Commercial concrete testing plate 168 5 Superhydrophobicity Self-cleaning Wang et al., 2019c [46]
Fluoroalkylsilane Nanotitania Cement paste 151,8 - Superhydrophobicity Heat-reflective Icephobicity Dark coloured Zhu et al., 2019 [21]
Silane monomer Graphene oxide Foamed concrete 165,5 - Superhydrophobicity Geng et al., 2020 [48]
Stearic acid Copper mesh with 50μm aperture, 90μm wire diameter Concrete 159 5 Superhydrophobicity Anti-corrosion Lei et al., 2020 [32]
Room Temperature Vulcanized Silicone Rubber + TEOS + Dibutyltin dilaurate - Cement mortar or concrete materials 151,1 7,8 Superhydrophobic Self-cleaning Solar reflective Wang et al., 2020a [22]
10% Nanotitania 156,5 -
30% Nanotitania 153,7 -