Incorporation of nanofillers into the organic coatings might enhance their barrier
performance, by decreasing the porosity and zigzagging the diffusion path for deleterious …

A suspension that can be sprayed onto substrates was developed to form a
superhydrophobic/oleophilic surface. Lyophobic slippery surfaces were prepared by …

Optical surfaces such as mirrors and windows that are exposed to outdoor environmental
conditions are susceptible to dust buildup and water condensation. The application of …

The scope of this review is limited for advanced sensing materials and their applications.
New materials, such as, engineered polymers, metals oxides, alloys, chalcogenides …

Engineered surfaces that repel pathogens are of great interest due to their role in mitigating
the spread of infectious diseases. A robust, universal, and scalable omniphobic spray …

In recent years, superamphiphobic coatings have attracted world‐wide interest. In particular,
those with high transmittance are of great interest as they significantly expand the range of …

A facile method had been applied to introduce hydrophobic properties to cellulose materials
by incorporation of polyurethane acrylate (PUA) prepolymers into the porous structured …

Taking candle soot as a template, cured polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is firstly used for CVD
at a high temperature in air to create robust and antireflective superhydrophobic surfaces …

Fluoroalkyl end-capped vinyltrimethoxysilane oligomer [RF–(CH2–CHSi (OMe) 3) n–RF; n=
2, 3; RF= CF (CF3) OC3F7 (RF–VM oligomer)] can undergo the sol–gel reaction in the …

Fluoroalkyl end-capped vinyltrimethoxysilane oligomer/calcium silicide nanocomposites [RF-
(VM-SiO 2) n-RF/CaSi 2] were prepared by the sol–gel reactions of the corresponding …