Abstract: As a result of frequent food waste and environmental pollution, there has been an increasing demand for the development of packaging materials that intrinsically inhibit and reduce likelihood of non-Newtonian liquids adherence. In this work, inspired from ciliary structures on the leg of water strider, the hierarchical conical array was formed by magnetic field control and laser etching without any mask. Due to the tapered geometry of the cones and the multiscale surface roughness of the array, the droplets would bounce many times after impacting with the superhydrophobic surface (SHS) and roll off. By changing the spaces and apex angles of conical microcolumns the SHS has controlled adhesion, superior self-cleaning property and droplets bounce performance for a variety of non-Newtonian viscous liquids. After suffering from various types of damage including repeated tape tearing, finger touch and folding test, the SHS still maintained excellent superhydrophobic property, which may have potential application as all kinds of packaging interface materials. We demonstrate that the excellent droplets bounce behavior of the hierarchical array enables the efficient and robust prevention of food liquids adhesion.

Key words: hierarchical conical array, superhydrophobic, controlled adhesion, non-Newtonian liquids, droplet bounce