• Suspension sprayed coatings can be produced with large nanostructured surfaces (see picture "Top view on nanostructured surface").
  
  
• As a result, superhydrophobic properties can be achieved.
  

Superhydrophobic surfaces are known under the term “lotus effect”. They are used for:

• Self-cleaning coatings
  
  
• Anti-icing coatings
  (E.g. for aircrafts or wind turbines)

[Top view of nanostructured surface]

Source: A. Killinger,
Suspensionsflammspritzen – Thermokinetisches Beschichtungsverfahren zur Verarbeitung submikron- und nanoskaliger Werkstoffe
In: Stuttgarter Impulse - Fertigungstechnik für die Zukunft
Schriftliche Fassung der Vorträge zum Fertigungstechnischen Kolloquium am 29. bis 30. September 2010 in Stuttgart; FTK 2010
Stuttgart, 2010, ISBN: 978-3-925589-51-5