As the most common but indispensable matter to humankind, water usually stays in a
macroscopically electric neutral state. Due to its inherent molecular polarity, however, water …

As a ubiquitous vapor-liquid phase-change process, dropwise condensation has attracted
tremendous research attention owing to its remarkable efficiency of energy transfer and …

Water collection by dew condensation emerges as a sustainable solution to water scarcity.
However, the transient condensation process that involves droplet nucleation, growth, and …

Rapid droplet shedding from surfaces is fundamentally interesting and important in
numerous applications such as anti‐icing, anti‐fouling, dropwise condensation, and …

Bio-inspired macrostructure array (MAA, size: submillimeter to millimeter scale) materials
with special wettability (MAAMs-SW) have attracted significant research attention due to their …

Superhydrophobic nanostructured surfaces can enhance water condensation efficiency by
facilitating droplet departure via coalescence-induced jumping. However, condensed …

A new method was reported for preparing a magnetically responsive superhydrophobic
surface by electrostatic air spray deposition (EASD) and magnetic induction. The mixture …

When two or more droplets coalesce on a superhydrophobic surface, the merged droplet
can jump spontaneously from the surface without requiring any external energy. This …

Tailoring the condensation frosting dynamics, particularly by surface topological designs,
holds great promise to mitigate the frost accretion yet has proven challenging due to the …

Rapid shedding of microdroplets enhances the performance of self-cleaning, anti-icing,
water-harvesting, and condensation heat-transfer surfaces. Coalescence-induced droplet …