Research and development on superhydrophobic carbon nanostructures and their
nanocomposites have high industrial significance. Here, a comprehensive review of the …

The carbon soot has generally negative connotation due to the adverse impact on the
human health and ambient environment. Most of the studies involving soot analysis focus on …

We report a simple method, using combustion of asphalt, to fabricate superhydrophobic
surface that can change its wetting state from Cassie-Baxter state to Wenzel state. Although …

Hypothesis Alkyl ketene dimer (AKD) is frequently used in paper industry as an inexpensive
sizing agent. The formation of a porous structure after curing the solidified AKD for an extra …

The achievement of superamphiphobic material with ultralow sliding angles is a highly
worthwhile and challenging task because the current artificial superhydrophobicity can be …

Nowadays, the tremendous progress of nanotechnologies and materials science facilitates
the fabrication of universal and multifunctional superhydrophobic surfaces on a large scale …

Introducing Ag to the surface is a common means to obtain an antibacterial product.
However, the poor adhesion between coating and substrate often results in a non-durable …

In spite of the substantial interest and ongoing research in the field of superhydrophobicity,
the wide daily-life usability of extremely water repellent coatings is somehow impeded due …

A porous carbon material (PCCS) derived from an agricultural waste (corn straw) was
prepared by simple methods including carbonization and chemical activation. It is the first …

Biofilm development, associated with the adherence of microbial cells on various solid
substrates, has an adverse economic impact and is the main reason for the spreading of …