Oil/water separation is a field of high significance as it has direct practical implications for
resolving the problem of industrial oily wastewater and other oil/water pollution. Therefore …

Undesired ice accumulation leads to severe economic issues and, in some cases, loss of
lives. Although research on anti-icing has been carried out for decades, environmentally …

The ability of superhydrophobic surfaces to stay dry, self-clean and avoid biofouling is
attractive for applications in biotechnology, medicine and heat transfer,,,,,,,,–. Water droplets …

Superwettability is a special case of the wetting phenomenon among liquids, gases, and
solids. The superhydrophobic/superhydrophilic effect discovered initially has undergone a …

Multifunctional surfaces that are favorable for both droplet nucleation and removal are highly
desirable for water harvesting applications but are rare. Inspired by the unique functions of …

Nowadays, the pollution of water has become worse in many parts of the world, which
causes a severe shortage of clean water and attracts widespread attention worldwide …

Superhydrophobic surfaces have been reported to reduce bacterial adhesion, but
interactions between bacterial media and solid surfaces at the interface have rarely been …

Some plants and insects exhibit superhydrophobicity in nature. Inspired by this, many
researchers have designed superhydrophobic surfaces by studying the structures of those …

The abrupt change in the apparent contact angle occurring on a rough surface is called
wetting transition. This change may be spontaneous or promoted by external stimuli such as …

Interfacial materials with special wettability have become a burgeoning research area in
materials science in the past decade. The unique surface properties of materials and …