... exhibited a significant change from a smooth to a rough structure. Benefiting from synergistic effect of increased roughness and decreased surface energy, the OT-DVTS@fabric achieved superhydrophobic performance with a water contact angle of 154° and oil contact angle nearly 0°. When the OT-DVTS@fabric...

... modification to manufacture a robust superhydrophobic stainless steel mesh for separating oily water under harsh environments. The mesh can separate light and heavy oily water with outstanding separating efficiency and high purity. It can be also used to separate hydrochloric acid (HCl) solution–oil, sodium...

...Youhua Jiang, PhD Droplet depinning on superhydrophobic surfaces is pervasive in nature and critical to many applications and hence has been studied extensively over the past few decades. A consensus has been reached that the droplet depinning force mainly stems from the synergistic dynamics...

...Zhangyan Zhou; Beiyue Ma; Xin Zhang; Chengji Deng; Shujie Yang; Chuanbo Hu In this study, a combination of hydrothermal and sol–gel methods was used to prepare superhydrophobic polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)/titanium dioxide (TiO₂) composite coatings with good self-cleaning properties...

...Qinghua Wang, PhD; Huixin Wang, PhD Superhydrophobic surfaces with various water adhesion behaviours have received tremendous attention in both fundamental research and practical applications. In this work, a novel laser–chemical hybrid process was developed to fabricate superhydrophobic surface...

...Guoping Fang, MSc; Alidad Amirfazli, PhD Superhydrophobic surfaces (SHS) are promising nature-inspired materials in low-temperature-condition applications to resist frost, ice, snow and water drop freezing. However, other observations bring into question the advantage of using SHS. In particular...

... coating contact angle oleophobic self-cleaning superhydrophobic surface energy Soldiers cannot avoid getting uniforms dirty during their missions, especially on a battlefield. Activities such as maneuvering through muddy terrain, dusty battlefields and oil-contaminated environments would soil...

... or stimuli, leading to smart and interactive materials. In this sense, the authors provide a comprehensive overview of the procedures adopted to obtain superhydrophilic and superhydrophobic textiles. The third section provides a brief introduction to multifunctional, simple responsive and smart interfacial...