Liquid-repellent surfaces, such as superhydrophobic surfaces, superoleophobic surfaces,
and slippery liquid-infused surfaces, have drawn keen research interest from the …

Superhydrophobic surfaces hold great prospects for extremely diverse applications owing to
their water repellence property. The essential feature of superhydrophobicity is micro-/nano …

Developing versatile, scalable, and durable coatings that resist the accretion of matters
(liquid, vapor, and solid phases) in various operating environments is important to industrial …

BACKGROUND Surfaces that control solid, liquid, or vapor accretion have numerous
applications, including self-cleaning windows and solar panels; water and fog harvesting; …

Solar desalination holds significant promise for the water-energy nexus. Recent advances in
passive solar desalination using thermal localization show great potential for high-efficiency …

Because undesired surface icing can cause tremendous losses to human life and property,
innovative methods of anti-icing must be exploited urgently. Recent increasing studies …

Superwettability is a centuries-old concept that has been rediscovered in past decades,
largely owing to new understanding of the mechanisms of special wetting phenomena in …

Water manipulation is crucial for a wide range of engineering applications, such as
microfluidics, heat transfer, desalination, and water harvesting. Despite scientific …

Atmospheric water harvesting (AWH)—producing fresh water via collecting moisture from air—
enables sustainable water delivery without geographical and hydrologic limitations …

In recent years, interfacial solar vapor generation has shown great potential in realizing
desalination and wastewater treatment with high energy conversion efficiency. However …