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

Freshwater scarcity is becoming a global issue due to changing climatic conditions, which
has stimulated the development of all-weather water harvesting technologies. Recent …

Atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) has been an appealing prospect for decades to
overcome water scarcity in remote areas. Adsorption-based AWH technologies have gained …

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

In recent years, with the outbreak and epidemic of the novel coronavirus in the world, how to
obtain clean water from the limited resources has become an urgent issue of concern to all …

This review gives an overview of recent advances in the potential applications of
superhydrophobic materials. Such properties are characterized by extremely high water …

Fog represents a large untapped source of potable water, especially in arid climates.
Numerous plants and animals use textural and chemical features on their surfaces to …

Harvesting micro‐droplets from fog is a promising method for solving global freshwater
crisis. Different types of fog collectors have been extensively reported during the last …

Collecting microscale water droplets suspended in the wind, that is, fog, using permeable
surfaces is a promising solution to the worldwide problem of water scarcity and is of great …

Nowadays, water shortage is a severe issue all over the world, especially in some arid and
undeveloped areas. Interestingly, a variety of natural creatures can collect water from fog …