Candle soot, traditionally considered as an unwanted source of air-pollution, has slowly
been phased out by modern lighting techniques. However, a 2007 study by Liu and co …

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

Combustion involves chemical reactions that are often highly exothermic. Combustion
systems utilize the energy of chemical compounds released during this reactive process for …

Hypothesis The superhydrophobic surfaces with re-entrant microstructures are known to
provide robust superhydrophobicity by enhancing the energy barrier for Cassie-Baxter to …

Hypothesis Impacting on a superhydrophobic surface, water droplet spreads to a pancake
shape and then retracts and bounces off. Although the collision time is mostly in the order of …

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 Recently, it has been shown that the contact time of impacting water droplets on
a superhydrophobic cylindrical surface decreases when its radius becomes comparable to …

This study reports an environment-friendly waterborne hydrophobic bioepoxy coating
(WHBC), prepared by introducing dual-scale SiO2 nanoparticles and (3-glycidyloxypropyl) …

This paper uses a new method combining nanosecond laser processing technology and sol-
gel to design and manufacture mechanically robust micro-nano structure and modified SiO …

Icing disaster is one of the most serious threats to power grid security in China. This article
provides a brief glance of current China's monitoring and prevention methods of icing …