Khosrow’s PhD project was part of industrial-academic collaboration. He used polymer processing systems (compression molding and injection molding) to fabricate superhydrophobic high-temperature vulcanized (HTV) silicone rubber, as one of the main polymeric housing materials used in high-voltage insulators, by direct replication.

Using acid etching techniques coupled with CNC micro-machining, two types of metal inserts (ordered and unordered micro-structures) were made. Utilizing replication approaches, different surfaces of superhydrophobic polymers with a wide range of surface structures (micro, nano, hierarchical micro/nano) have been developed. These surfaces offer extraordinary durability and remarkable self-cleaning properties.