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

• Forschungsstelle: INNOSUISSE
• Projektnummer: 122.562 IP-ENG
• Projekttitel Englisch: Water-, dirt - repelling and long lasting skis by combining micro- with molecular structuring

Schlüsselwörter (Englisch)

Engineering, Surfaces sciences

Abstract (Englisch)

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.