Biomimetic nanosurfaces with distinct wettability and versatility have found special
enthusiasm in both fundamental research and industrial applications. With the advent of …

Superhydrophobic materials are investigated extensively because of their excellent surface
properties, such as self-cleaning, oil-water separation, corrosion resistance, anti-icing, and …

The directed, long-range and self-propelled transport of droplets on solid surfaces is crucial
for many applications from water harvesting to bio-analysis,,,,,,,–. Typically, preferential …

Superhydrophobicity is the tendency of a surface to repel water drops. A surface is qualified
as a superhydrophobic surface only if the surface possesses a high apparent contact angle …

The wettability of solid surfaces is a renewed old topic that has impacted most fields of
science and technology for a long time, from cave painting in the ancient to microfluidic …

Controlling dropwise condensation is fundamental to water-harvesting systems,,,
desalination, thermal power generation,,,,, air conditioning, distillation towers, and numerous …

Superhydrophobic surfaces are actively studied across a wide range of applications and
industries, and are now finding increased use in the biomedical arena as substrates to …

Synthetic superhydrophobic (SH) surfaces were developed after 1990s, and the number of
publications in this field is around 13 500 at present. However, the industrial production of …

Green and environment-friendly preparation are of the utmost relevance to the development
of transparent antismudge coatings. To prepare a waterborne polyurethane (WPU) coating …

1. INTRODUCTION Any surface immersed in seawater is subjected to the settlement of
marine organisms (bacteria, algae, mollusks), known as fouling or biofouling. This unwanted …