Over the past decade, there have been many successful attempts at artificially reproducing
the surface structures found on natural superhydrophobic surfaces. The researchers have …

Textiles can provide a suitable substrate to grow micro-organisms especially at appropriate
humidity and temperature in contact to human body. Recently, increasing public concern …

The emergence of textile-based wearable sensors as light-weight portable devices to
monitor desired parameters, has recently gained much interest and has led to the …

Superhydrophobicity is of interest for practical applications such as water repellency, self-
cleaning, stain resistance, antibacterial properties, and oil–water separation. In this work, a …

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 …

Nanofinishing is the process by which ultrafine dispersion of nanomaterials is applied to a
textile for the development of functionalities. The utilization of nanometal oxides as …

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 …

Dirt and microorganisms are the major problems in textiles which can generate unpleasant
odor during their growth. Here, zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles prepared by sol-gel method …

Wettability of a solid surface by a liquid plays an important role in several phenomena and
applications, for example in adhesion, printing, and self‐cleaning. In particular, wetting of …

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 …