Superhydrophobicity is the tendency of a surface to repel water drops. A surface is qualified
as a superhydrophobic surface only if the surface possesses a high apparent contact angle …

Progress in materials science is associated with the development of nanomaterials in terms
of energy-saving, environmentally friendly, and low-cost methods. Since the use of tributyltin …

Solar radiation, being an ample source of renewable energy can be captured and stored in
the form of latent heat using phase change materials (PCM) to make the environment …

Superhydrophobic surfaces have evoked great interest in researchers for both purely
academic pursuits and industrial applications. Metal corrosion is a serious problem, both …

A new kind of functional surfaces with particular characteristics, ie, superhydrophobic
surfaces, has recently been developed and applied in many fields, such as airplane, wind …

The growing interest in self-clean coatings owes to their low maintenance cost, high
durability, and immense potential applications. Such coatings, for instance, may offer useful …

Over the past few decades, the study of superhydrophobic coatings (SHCs) gained the
significant interest of worldwide researchers due to their tremendous applications in various …

In nature, water-repellency (superhydrophobicity) is found, besides in plants, in insects and
bird feathers. The booming field of biomimetics allows one to mimic nature to develop …

This review summarizes the key topics in the field of large-area fabrication of
superhydrophobic surfaces, concentrating on substrates that have been used in commercial …

Development of the anticorrosion coatings on metals having both passive matrix
functionality and active response to changes in the aggressive environment has raised …