Nature has endowed many of its living systems with functional structures with highly tuned
wettability. Inspired by nature, scientists began to mimic these natural templates and as a …

Starch is regarded as one of the most promising sustainable materials due to its abundant
yield and excellent biodegradability. From the perspective of practical engineering …

The problem of surface icing poses a serious threat to people's economy and safety,
especially in the fields of aerospace, wind power generation and circuit transmission. Super …

Starch as a natural polymer has attracted significant interest and is currently used in
numerous industrial applications. This is because of its renewability, biodegradability …

Inspired by natural animals and plants, people have successfully endowed various
substrates with superhydrophobic properties using bionics principles, thus solving multiple …

High-performance nano-based superhydrophobic coatings have attracted tremendous
attention in a wide range of sectors. As a biodegradable and low-cost natural polymer …

It is challenging to build a superhydrophobic coating with aqueous dispersions since
hydrophobic substances are usually dispersed in pure organic or water/organic mixed …

This study is aimed at the fabrication of superhydrophobic fluorine-free films on cotton
fabrics through incorporating a rough sub-structure followed by chemical modification …

Superhydrophobic starch-based films were prepared using poly (dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS)
and ball-milled montmorillonite (MMT) coating. The hydrophilic and moisture-sensitive …

As a biodegradable and low-cost natural polymer, starch nanoparticles (SNPs) could be
used as a substitute for nondegradable inorganic nanoparticles in many advanced …