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Fluorinated POSS (polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes, F-POSS) was blended with PVDF (poly (vinylidene fluoride)/TiO2 (titanium dioxide) composite by stirring overnight and the resultant solution was electrospun to obtain F-POSS/PVDF/TiO2 micron- and nanofibers with self-cleaning capacity. The coatings were deposited on a fluorosilane-treated glass substrate and they showed both hydrophobicity and photocatalytic activity. The morphology of the fabricated coating was analysed using scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. The optical properties of the coating were studied using UV-visible spectroscopy, which gave around 65–70% transmittance with just 2% of F-POSS inclusion. Membrane stability on the substrate was checked with the nano-scratch test. The nano-scratch test indicates that the tip of the nano-indenter was unable to percolate through the membrane; rather it just …