Robust superhydrophobicity: mechanisms and strategies

W Zhang, D Wang, Z Sun, J Song… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Superhydrophobic surfaces hold great prospects for extremely diverse applications owing to
their water repellence property. The essential feature of superhydrophobicity is micro-/nano …

Role of chemistry in bio-inspired liquid wettability

A Shome, A Das, A Borbora, M Dhar… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemistry and topography are the two distinct available tools for customizing different bio-
inspired liquid wettability including superhydrophobicity, superamphiphobicity, underwater …

Self-healing superwetting surfaces, their fabrications, and properties

H Zhou, H Niu, H Wang, T Lin - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The research on superwetting surfaces with a self-healing function against various damages
has progressed rapidly in the recent decade. They are expected to be an effective approach …

Nature-inspired reentrant surfaces

J Li, X Han, W Li, L Yang, X Li, L Wang - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Reentrant feature widely exists in natural structures ranging from mushroom, overhang,
undercut, trapezoid, sphere, spatula and taper to sharp edge, and has triggered a …

Recent advances of bioinspired functional materials with specific wettability: from nature and beyond nature

Y Sun, Z Guo - Nanoscale Horizons, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Through 3.7 billion years of evolution and natural selection, plants and animals in nature
have ingeniously fulfilled a broad range of fascinating functions to achieve optimized …

Durable superhydrophobic and superamphiphobic polymeric surfaces and their applications: A review

K Ellinas, A Tserepi, E Gogolides - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2017 - Elsevier
Wetting control is essential for many applications, such as self-cleaning, anti-icing, anti-
fogging, antibacterial action as well as anti-reflection and friction control. While significant …

Trade-off in membrane distillation with monolithic omniphobic membranes

W Wang, X Du, H Vahabi, S Zhao, Y Yin… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Omniphobic membranes are attractive for membrane distillation (MD) because of their
superior wetting resistance. However, a design framework for MD membrane remains …

Liquid and liquid-like surfaces/coatings that readily slide fluids

JV Buddingh, A Hozumi, G Liu - Progress in polymer science, 2021 - Elsevier
While superhydrophobic structured surfaces have been studied extensively, they do not
readily repel low surface tension liquids. Recently developed liquid and liquid-like surfaces …

A review of smart superwetting surfaces based on shape‐memory micro/nanostructures

X Bai, X Gou, J Zhang, J Liang, L Yang, S Wang, X Hou… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bioinspired smart superwetting surfaces with special wettability have aroused great attention
from fundamental research to technological applications including self‐cleaning, oil–water …

3D printing of bioinspired liquid superrepellent structures

X Liu, H Gu, M Wang, X Du, B Gao, A Elbaz… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Bioinspired re‐entrant structures have been proved to be effective in achieving liquid
superrepellence (including anti‐penetration, anti‐adhesion, and anti‐spreading). However …