Coating materials serve the purposes to protect, enhance and/or confer additional
functionalities and properties to the underlying object surface or bulk materials. In recent …

Oil–water separation is critical for the water treatment of oily wastewater or oil-spill
accidents. The oil contamination in water not only induces severe water pollution but also …

A superhydrophobic composite coating was facilely constructed based on MOF (ZIF-8)
nanoparticles and organic resin. Hydrophilic ZIF-8 nanoparticles with hydroxyl group were …

Superhydrophobic nanocoatings, a combination of nanotechnology and superhydrophobic
surfaces, have received extraordinary attention recently, focusing both on novel preparation …

The demand for lithium batteries with energy densities beyond those of lithium-ion has
driven the recent studies on lithium metal anode. High-efficiency electrochemical cycling of …

Inspired by the self-cleaning and water-repellent properties of plants and animals in the
natural world, superhydrophobic and superoleophobic materials develop quickly, and are of …

Aluminum (Al) has been widely used in numerous applications, but it is prone to
contamination or damage under harsh working environments. In this paper, a …

Superhydrophobic poly (ethylene terephthalate)(PET) textile surfaces with a self-cleaning
property were fabricated by treating the microscale fibers with alkali followed by coating with …

Creating an efficient, cost-effective method that can provide simple, practical and high-
throughput separation of oil–water mixtures has proved extremely challenging. This work …

Electrospinning is a unique and versatile technique to produce fine submicrometric fibers
and nanofibrous membranes from polymer solution or melt. In the last decade, fluorinated …