Over the past two decades, scientific communities and coating manufacturers have
presented superhydrophobic coatings for various applications such as automotive, marine …

With the recent progress in nanotechnology and material engineering, nano-based coatings
have become multifunctional, smarter, efficient, versatile and durable. Superhydrophobic …

Investigations on superhydrophobic surfaces (SHS) are very interesting because of their
importance in many applications. One of the major applications of these SHS is to increase …

Solar energy-based devices are protected using glass surfaces that need to be cleaned
periodically to maintain their desired optimum performance. If these devices are large and …

The interest in superhydrophobic surfaces has grown exponentially over recent decades.
Since the lotus leaf dual hierarchical structure was discovered, researchers have …

Photovoltaic (PV) installations in desert areas such as Middle East, Africa, four-season
countries and industrial areas suffers from loss in efficiency due to accumulation of dust …

It is well known that high optical transparency is one of the most crucial criteria for the
overwhelming majority of optical devices and correlative functions, including smart windows …

It is of significant interest to create surfaces that simultaneously exhibit high water contact
angle, low contact angle hysteresis, and high transmission of visible light, as well as …

In recent decades, aerogels have attracted tremendous attention in academia and industry
as a class of lightweight and porous multifunctional nanomaterial. Despite their wide …

Wood is one of the key renewable resources due to its excellent structure and physical
properties. Functionalized wood and wood-based materials not only possess important …