Superhydrophobic surfaces: a review on fundamentals, applications, and challenges

J Jeevahan, M Chandrasekaran… - Journal of Coatings …, 2018 - Springer
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Superoleophobic surfaces

J Yong, F Chen, Q Yang, J Huo, X Hou - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Superoleophobicity is a phenomenon where the contact angles of various oil droplets with
low surface tension on a solid surface are larger than 150°. In the past few years, there has …

Recent advances of bioinspired functional materials with specific wettability: from nature and beyond nature

Y Sun, Z Guo - Nanoscale Horizons, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Through 3.7 billion years of evolution and natural selection, plants and animals in nature
have ingeniously fulfilled a broad range of fascinating functions to achieve optimized …

Roles of silanes and silicones in forming superhydrophobic and superoleophobic materials

L Li, B Li, J Dong, J Zhang - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progresses of superhydrophobic coatings in different application fields: An overview

Y Bai, H Zhang, Y Shao, H Zhang, J Zhu - Coatings, 2021 - mdpi.com
With the development of material engineering and coating industries, superhydrophobic
coatings with exceptional water repellence have increasingly come into researchers' …

Recent developments in superhydrophobic surfaces with unique structural and functional properties

YL Zhang, H Xia, E Kim, HB Sun - Soft Matter, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The surface wettability control of solid materials has been considered as an essential aspect
of surface chemistry. In the past decade, superhydrophobic surfaces have revealed a …

Robust and anti-corrosive PDMS/SiO2 superhydrophobic coatings fabricated on magnesium alloys with different-sized SiO2 nanoparticles

J Xie, J Hu, X Lin, L Fang, F Wu, X Liao, H Luo… - Applied Surface …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, micro-nanostructure polydimethylsiloxane/silicon dioxide (PDMS/SiO 2)
composite coatings were fabricated on the surface of magnesium alloys with two different …

Hydrophilic and superhydrophilic self-cleaning coatings by morphologically varying ZnO microstructures for photovoltaic and glazing applications

S Nundy, A Ghosh, TK Mallick - ACS omega, 2020 - ACS Publications
Transparent, superhydrophilic materials are indispensable for their self-cleaning function,
which has become an increasingly popular research topic, particularly in photovoltaic (PV) …

Biomimetic transparent and superhydrophobic coatings: from nature and beyond nature

S Yu, Z Guo, W Liu - Chemical Communications, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
It is well known that high optical transparency is one of the most crucial criteria for the
overwhelming majority of optical devices and correlative functions, including smart windows …

Transparent, Superhydrophobic, and Wear-Resistant Coatings on Glass and Polymer Substrates Using SiO2, ZnO, and ITO Nanoparticles

D Ebert, B Bhushan - Langmuir, 2012 - ACS Publications
It is of significant interest to create surfaces that simultaneously exhibit high water contact
angle, low contact angle hysteresis, and high transmission of visible light, as well as …