Aerogel fibers garner tremendous scientific interest due to their unique properties such as
ultrahigh porosity, large specific surface area, and ultralow thermal conductivity, enabling …

Microfluidics has become a mature technology, providing an excellent toolbox for the
handling and manipulation of fluid samples, suspended cells, and particles. About 30 years …

Directional liquid transport is important in both fundamental studies and industrial
applications. Most existing strategies rely on the use of predesigned surfaces with …

The development of new technologies is key to the continued improvement of medicine,
relying on comprehensive materials design strategies that can integrate advanced …

A membrane is a thin layer or sheet at the interface of two material compartments aimed for
separation and purification processes. Membranes made using nanofibers, termed as …

Anisotropic interfaces with opposite properties provide numerous unusual physical chemical
properties that have played irreplaceable roles in broad domains. Here, we rationally …

Porous membranes have a long history of research and applications, and their operations
have been consolidated for a wide range of uses in the fields of chemical separation, water …

Composite materials can provide remarkable improvements over the individual constituents.
Especially, with a liquid component introduced into a solid porous host, solid–liquid host …

Surface and interface engineering provides a powerful tool to tailor the structures and
properties of polymer membranes, sharpening their applications in sustainable …

Wetting is a surface phenomenon that commonly occurs in nature and has an enormous
influence on human life. Slippery liquid‐infused porous surfaces have recently been …