Water-, dirt - repelling and long lasting skis by combining micro- with molecular structuring

• Unité de recherche: INNOSUISSE
• Numéro de projet: 122.562 IP-ENG
• Titre du projet anglais: Water-, dirt - repelling and long lasting skis by combining micro- with molecular structuring

Mots-clé (Anglais)

Engineering, Surfaces sciences

Résumé des résultats (Abstract) (Anglais)

A lack of dirt-repellency and hydrophobicity makes fluorine-free ski waxes less efficient on very dirty and/or wet snow. To impart these fundamental properties, we combine tailored micro structuring of the ski base with a newly designed ski wax, which introduces additional molecular structuring.