Engineering icephobic coatings has been a long standing effort to address the challenges
caused by ice formation and accumulation in our daily lives and in several industrial …

Postoperative adhesions (POA) are one of the main problems suffered by patients and are a
common complaint. It is considered to be closely associated with the healing mechanism of …

Nature-inspired fabrication of surfaces with special wettability behaviour is increasingly
finding applications in our daily life. Thanks to advances in manufacturing technology at the …

The eligibility of applying the Owens–Wendt approach to determining the free surface
energy of liquid-repellent aluminum surfaces, with micro-and nanotextures formed by a …

In recent decades, there has been a significant interest in superhydrophobic coatings owing
to their exceptional properties. In this research work, a superhydrophobic coating was …

As a unique surface wettability, superhydrophobicity has great application value. A variety of
preparation methods for superhydrophobic surfaces have been reported, which have the …

Nowadays, copper is a widely used metal worldwide for various applications such as
electronic materials, electrical circuits, ornamentals and decorative applications. Copper is …

Neat cotton clothing fabrics cannot show hydrophobic properties due to surface hydrophilic
groups. Fiber fabrics with hydrophobic surfaces have attracted extensive study interest …

Aluminum presents localized corrosion when exposed to marine and industrial
environments. In this research, we study the pitting susceptibility of Al7075 coated by a SiO2 …

The emergence of superhydrophobic antibacterial materials represents a promising
approach to maintaining surface cleanliness and hygiene by effectively preventing bacterial …