Because undesired surface icing can cause tremendous losses to human life and property,
innovative methods of anti-icing must be exploited urgently. Recent increasing studies …

Liquid–vapour phase change is a useful and efficient process to transfer energy in nature,
as well as in numerous domestic and industrial applications. Relatively recent advances in …

Superhydrophobic surface with tunable water adhesion has attracted great interests due to
its unique performances in manipulating the status of water stay and roll-off. Herein, inspired …

Liquid-vapor phase-change processes have been widely exploited in industrial applications
including power generation, water processing and harvesting, cooling/refrigeration and …

Large droplets emerging during dropwise condensation impair surface properties such as
anti-fogging/frosting ability and heat transfer efficiency. How to spontaneously detach …

Condensation is a phase change phenomenon often encountered in nature, as well as used
in industry for applications including power generation, thermal management, desalination …

In this review we cover recent developments in the area of surface-enhanced dropwise
condensation against the background of earlier work. The development of fabrication …

In the development of next‐generation materials with enhanced thermal properties,
biological systems in nature provide many examples that have exceptional structural …

A spontaneous and controllable removal of condensed microdroplets at high
supersaturation via self-propelled jumping is achieved by introducing a designed micropore …

Slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces (SLIPS) are attracting great interest as anti-icing
coatings. However, the most challenging point for SLIPS is their durability. A …