Superhydrophobic surface was prepared on the zinc substrate by chemical solution method via immersing clean pure zinc substrate into a water solution of zinc nitrate hexahydrate[Zn（NO3）2.6H2O] and hexamethylenete- traamine（C6H12N4） at 95 ℃ in water bath for 1.5 h, then modified with 18 alkanethiol. The best resulting surface shows superhydrophobic properties with a water contact angle of about 158° and a low water roll-off angle of around 3°. The prepared samples were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction（XRD）, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （XPS）, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy（EDX）, transmission electron microscopy（TEM）, and scanning electron microscopy（SEM）. SEM images of the films show that the resulting surface exhibits flower-shaped micro- and nano-structure. The surfaces of the prepared films were composed of ZnO nanorods which were wurtzite structure. The special flower-like micro- and nano-structure along with the low surface energy leads to the surface superhydro- phobicity.
