Over the past two decades, scientific communities and coating manufacturers have
presented superhydrophobic coatings for various applications such as automotive, marine …

The aim of this review article on recent developments of mechanochemistry (nowadays
established as a part of chemistry) is to provide a comprehensive overview of advances …

Self-cleaning methods currently employed are based on understanding of the functions,
structures, and principles of various objects found in living nature. Three types of surfaces …

As an important research area, the development of antibacterial materials has attracted
extensive interest from researchers. Typical antibacterial materials involve the use of …

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

Surface texturing has been frequently used for tribological purposes in the last three
decades due to its great potential to reduce friction and wear. Although biological systems …

A typical superhydrophobic (ultrahydrophobic) surface can repel water droplets from wetting
itself, and the contact angle of a water droplet resting on a superhydrophobic surface is …

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 …

Biofouling is generally undesirable for many applications. An overview of the medical,
marine and industrial fields susceptible to fouling is presented. Two types of fouling include …

The skin of fast-swimming sharks exhibits riblet structures aligned in the direction of flow that
are known to reduce skin friction drag in the turbulent-flow regime. Structures have been …