Stainless steel master with different structural grating areas were ablated by picosecond laser.
PDMS negative and positive replicas were prepared by imprinting for replicating hierarchical structures.
Hierarchical structures on PDMS negative replica were conditionally copied from steel master.
Replicas were sputtered on a gold film for exploring wettable effects of submicro/nano-structures.
Submicro/nano-structures in hierarchical structures effectively enhanced the surface hydrophobicity.