Background Food packaging is a globally relevant and widely used technique for food
preservation. Natural, biodegradable, and bioavailable polymers are gaining popularity in …

Superhydrophobic cellulose-based products have immense potential in many industries
where plastics and other polymers with hydrophobic properties are used. Superhydrophobic …

Photovoltaic (PV) installations in desert areas such as Middle East, Africa, four-season
countries and industrial areas suffers from loss in efficiency due to accumulation of dust …

Transparent materials such as glasses and some polymers play an essential role in our
daily life. Indeed, it is well known that their application in mirrors, windows, automobile …

Given the vulnerability of conventional antifogging coatings to mechanical damage, self-
healing capability can significantly restore their functionality, but are difficult to materialize …

Antifogging (AF) structure materials found in nature have great potential for enabling novel
and emerging products and technologies to facilitate the daily life of human societies …

Fog on a solid surface is prejudicial to its optical properties and will even cause hygienic
and safety concerns in some exceptional cases. Thus, antifogging coatings have attracted …

Fogging of transparent surface is the condensation of water-vapor in the air into small
discrete liquid drops on the surface, causing scatters of incident light and create a blurry …

Glass-and polymer-based materials have become essential in the fabrication of a multitude
of elements, including eyeglasses, automobile windshields, bathroom mirrors, greenhouses …

Frost formation is inevitable in refrigeration and air conditioning fields. Frosting heavily
impacts on the operating efficiency of equipments, and leads to considerable energy …