With the recent progress in nanotechnology and material engineering, nano-based coatings
have become multifunctional, smarter, efficient, versatile and durable. Superhydrophobic …

Inspired by the superhydrophobic lotus surface in nature, special wettability has attracted a
lot of interest and attention in both academia and industry. In this review, theoretical models …

The oily wastewater and oil spill caused by oil leakage accidents are extremely harmful to
human health and the environment. Thus, it is very important to exploit superhydrophobic …

In recent years, photothermal materials that can convert light into heat energy have attracted
extensive attention. In this work, we report a simple and effective approach to construct a self …

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 …

Durable and multifunctional superhydrophobic cotton fabric is highly desired in the modern
textile market. However, bottlenecks are the difficult functionalization of desired molecules …

Icephobic coatings for aircraft and other surfaces subjected to ice accretion have generated
great interest in the past two decades, due to the advancement of nanomaterials, coating …

Superhydrophobic nanocoatings, a combination of nanotechnology and superhydrophobic
surfaces, have received extraordinary attention recently, focusing both on novel preparation …

Despite the existing effort, fabricating superhydrophobic substrate through an environmental
friendly approach remains a great challenge. In the current work, we present a simple …

Inspired by the self-cleaning and water-repellent properties of plants and animals in the
natural world, superhydrophobic and superoleophobic materials develop quickly, and are of …