Robust and durable liquid-repellent surfaces

F Chen, Y Wang, Y Tian, D Zhang, J Song… - Chemical Society …, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid-repellent surfaces, such as superhydrophobic surfaces, superoleophobic surfaces,
and slippery liquid-infused surfaces, have drawn keen research interest from the …

[HTML][HTML] Functional surface microstructures inspired by nature–From adhesion and wetting principles to sustainable new devices

E Arzt, H Quan, RM McMeeking, R Hensel - Progress in Materials Science, 2021‏ - Elsevier
In the course of evolution nature has arrived at startling materials solutions to ensure
survival. Investigations into biological surfaces, ranging from plants, insects and geckos to …

Freezing-induced wetting transitions on superhydrophobic surfaces

H Lambley, G Graeber, R Vogt, LC Gaugler… - Nature Physics, 2023‏ - nature.com
Supercooled droplet freezing on surfaces occurs frequently in nature and industry, often
adversely affecting the efficiency and reliability of technological processes. The ability of …

Bioinspired interfaces with superwettability: from materials to chemistry

B Su, Y Tian, L Jiang - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
Superwettability is a special case of the wetting phenomenon among liquids, gases, and
solids. The superhydrophobic/superhydrophilic effect discovered initially has undergone a …

Coatings super-repellent to ultralow surface tension liquids

S Pan, R Guo, M Björnmalm, JJ Richardson, L Li… - Nature materials, 2018‏ - nature.com
High-performance coatings that durably and fully repel liquids are of interest for fundamental
research and practical applications. Such coatings should allow for droplet beading, roll off …

The challenges, achievements and applications of submersible superhydrophobic materials

YA Mehanna, E Sadler, RL Upton… - Chemical Society …, 2021‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Superhydrophobic materials have been widely reported throughout the scientific literature.
Their properties originate from a highly rough morphology and inherently water repellent …

Pancake bouncing on superhydrophobic surfaces

Y Liu, L Moevius, X Xu, T Qian, JM Yeomans, Z Wang - Nature physics, 2014‏ - nature.com
Engineering surfaces that promote rapid drop detachment, is of importance to a wide range
of applications including anti-icing,,, dropwise condensation and self-cleaning,,. Here we …

Multifunctional ferrofluid-infused surfaces with reconfigurable multiscale topography

W Wang, JVI Timonen, A Carlson, DM Drotlef… - Nature, 2018‏ - nature.com
Develo** adaptive materials with geometries that change in response to external stimuli
provides fundamental insights into the links between the physical forces involved and the …

Recent advances of bioinspired functional materials with specific wettability: from nature and beyond nature

Y Sun, Z Guo - Nanoscale Horizons, 2019‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Through 3.7 billion years of evolution and natural selection, plants and animals in nature
have ingeniously fulfilled a broad range of fascinating functions to achieve optimized …

One-step transformation of highly hydrophobic membranes into superhydrophilic and underwater superoleophobic ones for high-efficiency separation of oil-in-water …

Z Wang, S Ji, F He, M Cao, S Peng, Y Li - Journal of Materials …, 2018‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Superhydrophilic membranes have drawn much attention owing to their outstanding anti-
fouling performance and ultrahigh permeation flux for wastewater treatment and oil–water …