The interest in superhydrophobic surfaces has grown exponentially over recent decades.
Since the lotus leaf dual hierarchical structure was discovered, researchers have …

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is one of the most widely used nanomaterials in our daily life. In
1972, Fujishima and Honda reported the photo electrolysis of water into H2 and O2 utilizing …

Nature has developed materials, objects, and processes that function from the macroscale to
the nanoscale. The emerging field of biomimetics allows one to mimic biology or nature to …

The abrupt change in the apparent contact angle occurring on a rough surface is called
wetting transition. This change may be spontaneous or promoted by external stimuli such as …

Geckos, and specifically their feet, have attracted significant attention in recent times with the
focus centred around their remarkable adhesional properties. Little attention however has …

Nature has developed materials, objects and processes that function from the macroscale to
the nanoscale. These have gone through evolution over 3.8 Gyr. The emerging field of …

A stable titanate nanobelt (TNB) particle suspension was prepared by a hydrogen-bond-
driven assembly of pre-hydrolysed fluoroalkylsilane (FAS) on its surface. A one-step …

Superhydrophobic surfaces exhibit extreme water-repellent properties. These surfaces with
high contact angle and low contact angle hysteresis also exhibit a self-cleaning effect and …

The wetting of rough surfaces remains a subject of active investigation by scientists. The
contact angle (CA) is a traditional parameter used to characterize the hydrophobicity/philicity …

Biological surfaces provide multifunctional interfaces to their environment. More than 400
million years of land plants evolution led to a large diversity of functional biological surface …