The wettability of solid surfaces is a renewed old topic that has impacted most fields of
science and technology for a long time, from cave painting in the ancient to microfluidic …

Because of the environmental and economic casualties of biofouling on maritime navigation,
modern studies have been devoted toward formulating advanced nanoscale composites in …

Superhydrophobic surfaces have evoked great interest in researchers for both purely
academic pursuits and industrial applications. Metal corrosion is a serious problem, both …

A novel method for controllable fabrication of a superhydrophobic surface with a water
contact angle of 162±1° and a sliding angle of 3±0.5° on copper substrate is reported in this …

Superhydrophobic metallic materials have drawn broad research interest because of
promising applications in various fields. The mechanical stability of superhydrophobic …

The tribological characteristics of sliding surfaces have been remarkably improved by
surface texturing. Surface texturing can be beneficial in many ways; for example, it can …

Aluminum (Al) alloys have been widely used in various fields while corrosion and
contamination can cause serious problems to their functionality and aesthetic appearance. A …

Forming is widely used due to its high efficiency in material utilization and its high production
rate in general. Most forming processes control the geometry of final products through a set …

As an emerging fringe science, bionics integrates the understanding of nature, imitation of
nature, and surpassing nature in one aspect, and it organically combines the synergistic …

Laser beam machining (LBM) has proven its applications and advantages over almost all
the range of engineering materials. It offers its competences from macro-machining to micro …