Enhancing the lifespan and durability of superamphiphobic surfaces for potential industrial applications: A review

W Si, Z Guo - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
A superamphiphobic surface is a special wettability surface that repels liquids with lower
surface tension than water. Superamphiphobic surface has a variety of applications, such …

Candle soot: Journey from a pollutant to a functional material

MR Mulay, A Chauhan, S Patel, V Balakrishnan… - Carbon, 2019 - Elsevier
Candle soot, traditionally considered as an unwanted source of air-pollution, has slowly
been phased out by modern lighting techniques. However, a 2007 study by Liu and co …

Superhydrophobic Biological Fluid‐Repellent Surfaces: Mechanisms and Applications

J Luo, H Yu, B Lu, D Wang, X Deng - Small Methods, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Superhydrophobic biological fluid‐repellent surfaces (SBFRSs) have attracted great
attention in the treatment of blood and urine‐related diseases because of their unique …

Super liquid repellent surfaces for anti-foaming and froth management

WSY Wong, A Naga, L Hauer, P Baumli… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Wet and dry foams are prevalent in many industries, ranging from the food processing and
commercial cosmetic sectors to industries such as chemical and oil-refining. Uncontrolled …

Thermally and chemically stable candle soot superhydrophobic surface with excellent self-cleaning properties in air and oil

L Xiao, W Zeng, G Liao, C Yi, Z Xu - ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2018 - ACS Publications
In this report, a people-considered waste-candle soot generated from incomplete
combustion of the middle zone of candle was used to coat the glass slide for fabricating the …

Questions and answers on the wettability of nano‐engineered surfaces

MN MacGregor‐Ramiasa… - Advanced Materials …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Surface roughening has long been used to confer materials remarkable wetting properties,
such as super hydrophobicity. When roughness belongs to the microscale, existing models …

Adjustable oil adhesion on superamphiphobic copper surfaces for controlled oil droplet transport

W Si, X Dai, S He, Z Guo - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The desirability of superamphiphobic surfaces, which possess both superhydrophobic and
superoleophobic properties, for practical applications stems from their enhanced …

Dispersion-based, scalable fabrication of repellent superhydrophobic and liquid-infused coatings under ambient conditions

T Walter, T Hein, M Weichselgartner, K Wommer… - Green …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Superhydrophobic and liquid-infused porous coatings provide effective repellency against
contaminations and ensure efficient performance of surfaces in a wide range of applications …

Easy to apply polyoxazoline-based coating for precise and long-term control of neural patterns

S Weydert, S Zurcher, S Tanner, N Zhang, R Ritter… - Langmuir, 2017 - ACS Publications
Arranging cultured cells in patterns via surface modification is a tool used by biologists to
answer questions in a specific and controlled manner. In the past decade, bottom-up …

Waterbowls: Reducing impacting droplet interactions by momentum redirection

HL Girard, D Soto, KK Varanasi - ACS nano, 2019 - ACS Publications
Superhydrophobic surfaces can dramatically reduce the transport of mass or energy from
impacting droplets by making them bounce off. Such transport processes are dependent on …