This review gives an overview of recent advances in the potential applications of
superhydrophobic materials. Such properties are characterized by extremely high water …

Extreme biomimetics is the search for natural sources of engineering inspiration that lead to
solutions that are well outside the human comfort zone (temperature, pH, salinity, pressure …

The corrosion of metal materials is detrimental to petroleum pipelines, marine ships, heat
exchangers, etc. To date, existing technologies have focused on improving corrosion …

Sensors fabricated on fabrics provide an elevated ease of use for wearable sensors. Such
sensors will play a critical role in detecting the elevations in the concentrations of …

Abstract The Ag–ZnO/cellulose nanocomposites with tunable structure and properties was
fabricated and used as an effective photocatalyst for degrading methyl orange (MO) dye …

Heterojunctions are a well-studied material combination in photocatalysis studies, the
majority of which aim to improve the efficacy of the catalysts. Developing novel catalysts …

Zinc oxide has been considered as a specific and versatile bridging agent that bears an
intrinsic relationship with the crystal structure–property application in physics, chemistry …

Ultraviolet (UV) shielding, superhydrophobic and antimicrobial cotton fabrics were fabricated
using functional coatings combined with advantages of polyvinylsilsesquioxane and ZnO …

A novel gas sensor composed of Pt nanoparticles-decorated hierarchical SnO 2
nanostructures (Pt–SnO 2) was synthesized via a facile dipping-precipitation strategy. Pt …

The notorious “shuttle effect” of polysulfide during charge–discharge process induces
grievous capacity fading, while the sluggish polysulfide conversion kinetics significantly …