Robust and durable liquid-repellent surfaces

F Chen, Y Wang, Y Tian, D Zhang, J Song… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid-repellent surfaces, such as superhydrophobic surfaces, superoleophobic surfaces,
and slippery liquid-infused surfaces, have drawn keen research interest from the …

Scalable multifunctional radiative cooling materials

MC Huang, M Yang, XJ Guo, CH Xue, HD Wang… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC) with zero energy consumption and pollution is
regarded as one of the most feasible solutions to replace conventional electrical cooling in …

Multifunctional superelastic, superhydrophilic, and ultralight nanocellulose‐based composite carbon aerogels for compressive supercapacitor and strain sensor

H Liu, T Xu, C Cai, K Liu, W Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Developing superelastic and superhydrophilic carbon aerogels with intriguing mechanical
properties is urgently desired for achieving promising performances in highly compressive …

Omniphobic liquid-like surfaces

L Chen, S Huang, RHA Ras, X Tian - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Liquid-repellent surfaces, especially smooth solid surfaces with covalently grafted flexible
polymer brushes or alkyl monolayers, are the focus of an expanding research area. Surface …

Robust superhydrophobicity: mechanisms and strategies

W Zhang, D Wang, Z Sun, J Song… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Superhydrophobic surfaces hold great prospects for extremely diverse applications owing to
their water repellence property. The essential feature of superhydrophobicity is micro-/nano …

Scalable robust superamphiphobic coatings enabled by self‐similar structure, protective micro‐skeleton, and adhesive for practical anti‐icing of high‐voltage …

J Wei, B Li, N Tian, J Zhang, W Liang… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Superamphiphobic coatings have wide application prospects in various fields, but suffer
from low mechanical robustness. Although some strategies have been reported to solve the …

Advanced materials with special wettability toward intelligent oily wastewater remediation

W Zheng, J Huang, S Li, M Ge, L Teng… - … Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Clean water resources are essential to our human society. Oil leakage has caused water
contamination, which leads to serious shortage of clean water, environmental deterioration …

Porous Janus materials with unique asymmetries and functionality

L Yan, X Yang, Y Zhang, Y Wu, Z Cheng, SB Darling… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Porous Janus materials have attracted widespread attention due to their asymmetry in
wettability, charge, pore size or structure, thermal/electrical conductivity, and chemical …

Underwater oleophobic-super hydrophilic strontium-MOF for efficient oil/water separation

A Raj, RM Rego, KV Ajeya, HY Jung, T Altalhi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The oil spill clean-up from water bodies is a major challenge in recent years because of the
rise in pollution due to human activities. To tackle these environmental issues, we report the …

Role of chemistry in bio-inspired liquid wettability

A Shome, A Das, A Borbora, M Dhar… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemistry and topography are the two distinct available tools for customizing different bio-
inspired liquid wettability including superhydrophobicity, superamphiphobicity, underwater …