To mimic the lotus leaf structure, micro- and nanometer honeycomb-like porous hierarchical microstructures were constructed on the A12024 alloy surface in which the average diameter of micro-pores was ca. 10 mu m while those of nano-pores varied from 200 to 300 nm. Super-hydrophobicity was achieved with a water contact angle of 158 degrees and the sliding angle of 4 degrees by modifying the textured surface with HFTHTMS (HFTHTMS=(heptadecafluoro-1,1,2,2-tetrahydrodecyl) trimethoxysilane). (c) 2007 Published by Elsevier B.V.