Bioinspired surfaces with superwettability: new insight on theory, design, and applications

S Wang, K Liu, X Yao, L Jiang - Chemical reviews, 2015‏ - ACS Publications
The wettability of solid surfaces is a renewed old topic that has impacted most fields of
science and technology for a long time, from cave painting in the ancient to microfluidic …

Self-cleaning applications of TiO2 by photo-induced hydrophilicity and photocatalysis

S Banerjee, DD Dionysiou, SC Pillai - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Self-cleaning materials have gained considerable attention for both their unique properties
and practical applications in energy and environmental areas. Recent examples of many …

Nitrogen-doped titanium dioxide as visible-light-sensitive photocatalyst: designs, developments, and prospects

R Asahi, T Morikawa, H Irie, T Ohwaki - Chemical reviews, 2014‏ - ACS Publications
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is well-known to be the most practical and prevalent photocatalyst,
1− 17 for it is chemically stable, abundant, nontoxic, and cost-effective. Photogenerated …

Bioinspired self-cleaning surfaces with superhydrophobicity, superoleophobicity, and superhydrophilicity

S Nishimoto, B Bhushan - Rsc Advances, 2013‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Self-cleaning methods currently employed are based on understanding of the functions,
structures, and principles of various objects found in living nature. Three types of surfaces …

Current trends, challenges, and perspectives of anti-fogging technology: Surface and material design, fabrication strategies, and beyond

IR Duran, G Laroche - Progress in Materials Science, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Transparent materials such as glasses and some polymers play an essential role in our
daily life. Indeed, it is well known that their application in mirrors, windows, automobile …

Bio-inspired titanium dioxide materials with special wettability and their applications

K Liu, M Cao, A Fujishima, L Jiang - Chemical reviews, 2014‏ - ACS Publications
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is one of the most widely used nanomaterials in our daily life. In
1972, Fujishima and Honda reported the photo electrolysis of water into H2 and O2 utilizing …

Mimicking natural superhydrophobic surfaces and gras** the wetting process: A review on recent progress in preparing superhydrophobic surfaces

YY Yan, N Gao, W Barthlott - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2011‏ - Elsevier
A typical superhydrophobic (ultrahydrophobic) surface can repel water droplets from wetting
itself, and the contact angle of a water droplet resting on a superhydrophobic surface is …

TiO2 photocatalysis and related surface phenomena

A Fujishima, X Zhang, DA Tryk - Surface science reports, 2008‏ - Elsevier
The field of photocatalysis can be traced back more than 80 years to early observations of
the chalking of titania-based paints and to studies of the darkening of metal oxides in contact …

A review on plasmonic metal⿿ TiO2 composite for generation, trap**, storing and dynamic vectorial transfer of photogenerated electrons across the Schottky …

LG Devi, R Kavitha - Applied Surface Science, 2016‏ - Elsevier
The titania based nanomaterials are an attractive candidates for energy and environmental
applications. TiO 2 is one of the most important photocatalyst for its special multiple …

Mini review on photocatalysis of titanium dioxide nanoparticles and their solar applications

Y Lan, Y Lu, Z Ren - Nano energy, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Titanium dioxide is a wide band-gap semiconductor that can be excited to produce electron–
hole pairs when irradiated with light. Such photo-induced electron–hole pairs have been …