With the recent progress in nanotechnology and material engineering, nano-based coatings
have become multifunctional, smarter, efficient, versatile and durable. Superhydrophobic …

Recently, there have been numerous deadly gas and oil pipeline explosions in the United
States, resulting in extensive investigations based on corrosion and aged foundations …

In the last years, the rapid increase in the technical capability to control and design materials
at the nanoscale has pushed toward an intensive exploitation of new possibilities …

Biomaterials play a fundamental role in disease management and the improvement of
health care. In recent years, there has been a significant growth in the diversity, function, and …

The renewable energy sector and the solar industry, more specifically, are expected to grow
in the upcoming years. However, in many colder climates worldwide, ice and snow …

Bio-inspired, multifunctional, high-aspect-ratio nanostructured surfaces are fabricated in a
variety of materials with controlled geometry and stiffness. A soft-lithography method that …

In Mechanics, material properties are most often regarded as being given, and based on
this, many technical solutions are usually conceived and constructed. However, nowadays …

Fluorescent hydrophobic carbon dots (HCDs) have been fabricated from a poloxamer by a
simple microwave assisted process within a few minutes for the first time. Small and distinct …

Whereas the employment of nanotechnology in electronics and optics engineering is
relatively well established, the use of nanostructured materials in medicine and biology is …

Hypothesis Wetting behavior of solid surfaces plays an important role in various industrials
and even daily life applications. Controlling the surface wettability through fabricating …