Research into extreme water-repellent surfaces began many decades ago, although it was
only relatively recently that the term superhydrophobicity appeared in literature. Here we …

The structural blue color of a Morpho butterfly originates from the diffraction of light and
interference effects due to the presence of the microstructures on the wing of the butterfly …

My interest in dew and Breath Figures (BFs, the pattern that forms on a cold surface when
breathing) started long ago when I was intrigued to see a ring around a streetlight from the …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the inhibition of biofilm formation on newly
developed coating materials with self-cleaning properties. A series of experimental coating …

In the present study, nanocomposites containing Ag–Au alloy nanoparticle ensembles with
various compositions on polytetrafluoroethylene were prepared by physical vapor …

This study proposes preparation of highly hydrophobic and super-hydrophobic fluorocarbon
surfaces using a simple fully vacuum-based method. The method combines deposition of …

Tuning of Ag ion release from silver-polymer nanocomposites is very important for
biomedical applications of nanocomposite materials to reduce the potential toxicity effects …

Two‐step process that allows controlling independently roughness and chemical
composition of plasma polymers, ie, two parameters determining the wettability of such …

We report a simple, fast, water-based method to obtain micropatterned biocompatible gels
from a recently described family of elastin-like amphiphilic multiblock copolymers that …

Single crystalline tungsten nanowires were prepared from directionally solidified NiAl‐W
alloys by a chemical release from the resulting binary phase material. Electron back scatter …