Offshore oil spills and the discharge of oily effluents are not only damaging the economy but
also disturbs our aquatic and biotic environment. Since, the discovery of super-wetting …

Miniature soft robots are mobile devices, which are made of smart materials that can be
actuated by external stimuli to realize their desired functionalities. Here, the key …

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 …

In this review, we report on superhydrophobic and superoleophobic properties found in
nature, which are strongly expected to benefit various potential applications. Mimicry of …

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

The term superhydrophilicity is only 11–12 years old and was introduced just after the
explosion of research on superhydrophobic surfaces, in response to the demand for …

Lotus leaves have become an icon for superhydrophobicity and self-cleaning surfaces, and
have led to the concept of the 'Lotus effect'. Although many other plants have …

The custom design of surfaces with special wettability properties has been extensively
studied over the last two decades and can be now obtained using a wide range of materials …

Nature is a school for scientists and engineers. After four and a half billion years of stringent
evolution, some creatures in nature exhibit fascinating surface wettability. Biomimetics …

We discuss in this review how the roughness of a solid impacts its wettability. We see in
particular that both the apparent contact angle and the contact angle hysteresis can be …