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 …

Since its commercial production in the early twentieth century, titanium dioxide (TiO2) has
been widely used as a pigment1 and in sunscreens, 2, 3 paints, 4 ointments, toothpaste, 5 …

The major strategies for designing surfaces that prevent fouling due to proteins, bacteria,
and marine organisms are reviewed. Biofouling is of great concern in numerous applications …

Photocatalysis has recently become a common word and various products using
photocatalytic functions have been commercialized. Among many candidates for …

Superhydrophobic self-cleaning surfaces are based on the surface micro/nanomorphologies
; however, such surfaces are mechanically weak and stop functioning when exposed to oil …

The field of surface science provides a unique approach to understanding bulk, surface and
interfacial phenomena occurring during TiO 2 photocatalysis. This review highlights, from a …

Wetting phenomena are ubiquitous in nature and technology. A solid substrate exposed to
the environment is almost invariably covered by a layer of fluid material. In this review, the …

Self-cleaning materials have gained considerable attention for both their unique properties
and practical applications in energy and environmental areas. Recent examples of many …

We discuss in this review how the roughness of a solid impacts its wettability. We see in
particular that both the apparent contact angle and the contact angle hysteresis can be …

In the 19th century, Oscar Wilde stated “We live, I regret to say, in an age of surfaces”. Today,
we do so even more, and we do not regret it: key advances in the understanding and …