Table 1 Interaction energy between water droplets and different substrates.

From: Design and fabrication of a stable Ni-PTFE-SiC superhydrophobic anticorrosive coating by electrodeposition

matrix

Ni

SiC

PTFE

Einteraction(kcal mol−1)

−1626.960

−251.339

−28.036

Evaw(kcal mol−1)

−1626.955

−251.293

−22.466

Eele(kcal mol−1)

−0.004

−0.045

−5.570