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

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 …

Multiscale structures of biological materials exhibit inherent multifunctional integration. This
special biological solution provides some inspiration for scientists and engineers to design …

Bioinspired surfaces with special wettability and adhesion have attracted great interest in
both fundamental research and industry applications. Various kinds of special wetting …

Over millions of years, biological subjects have been in continuous combat with extreme
environmental conditions. The fittest have survived through continuous evolution, an …

Photonic crystals (PCs) have attracted enormous research interest due to their unique light
manipulation and potential applications in sensing, catalysts, detection, displays, solar cells …

In this paper, a convenient approach based on the reaction between an alkyl thiol and
hierarchical structured Cu (OH) 2 substrates is reported for the fabrication of super …

Biomimetics in Materials Science provides a comprehensive theoretical and practical review
of biomimetic materials with self-healing, self-lubricating and self-cleaning properties. These …

Positioning probe molecules at electromagnetic hot spots with nanometer precision is
required to achieve highly sensitive and reproducible surface‐enhanced Raman …

Super-hydrophobic surfaces have been fabricated by casting polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)
on a textured substrate of known surface topography, and were characterized using contact …