Breath figure: a nature-inspired preparation method for ordered porous films

A Zhang, H Bai, L Li - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
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Superhydrophobic surfaces: from natural to biomimetic to functional

Z Guo, W Liu, BL Su - Journal of colloid and interface science, 2011 - Elsevier
Nature is the creation of aesthetic functional systems, in which many natural materials have
vagarious structures. Inspired from nature, such as lotus leaf, butterfly'wings, showing …

The synthesis and mechanism of superhydrophobic coatings with multifunctional properties on aluminum alloys surface: a review

Q Yang, J Cao, R Ding, K Zhan, Z Yang, B Zhao… - Progress in Organic …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, superhydrophobic coatings on aluminum alloys have attracted great
attention due to their excellent anti-corrosion resistance. In this paper, the theoretical model …

Towards hierarchically ordered functional porous polymeric surfaces prepared by the breath figures approach

A Munoz-Bonilla, M Fernández-García… - Progress in Polymer …, 2014 - Elsevier
This article reviews the approaches developed to prepare and characterize porous
structured materials by using the breath figures (BF) methodology. In particular, we have …

Bio-inspired photonic crystals with superwettability

M Kuang, J Wang, L Jiang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Photonic crystals (PCs) have attracted enormous research interest due to their unique light
manipulation and potential applications in sensing, catalysts, detection, displays, solar cells …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in honeycomb-structured porous polymer films prepared via breath figures

P Escalé, L Rubatat, L Billon, M Save - European Polymer Journal, 2012 - Elsevier
Since its introduction in 1994, the preparation of ordered porous polymer films by the breath
figure (BF) method has received a considerable interest. The so-called “honeycomb”(HC) …

Multiple interfaces in self-assembled breath figures

LS Wan, LW Zhu, Y Ou, ZK Xu - Chemical Communications, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
This feature article describes the multiple interfaces in the breath figure (BF) method toward
functional honeycomb films with ordered pores. If a drop of polymer solution in a volatile …

Ordered patterns and structures via interfacial self-assembly: superlattices, honeycomb structures and coffee rings

H Ma, J Hao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembly is now being intensively studied in chemistry, physics, biology, and materials
engineering and has become an important “bottom-up” approach to create intriguing …

A simple way to achieve pattern-dependent tunable adhesion in superhydrophobic surfaces by a femtosecond laser

D Zhang, F Chen, Q Yang, J Yong, H Bian… - … applied materials & …, 2012 - ACS Publications
In this paper, we present a new approach to the tunable adhesive superhydrophobic
surfaces consisting of periodic hydrophobic patterns and superhydrophobic structures by …

Solvent and substrate contributions to the formation of breath figure patterns in polystyrene films

E Ferrari, P Fabbri, F Pilati - Langmuir, 2011 - ACS Publications
The generation of ordered porous polymer structures by the breath figures (BFs) method has
long been described as a complex phenomenon, in which several parameters combine in a …