Featured Application This is an updated review on black fungi as main biodeteriogens of
cultural heritage stone artifacts. Colonization pattern, taxonomy, and methods to eradicate …

Recently, synthesis and design of bioinspired nanostructured coated surfaces with
exceptional selective liquid repellency (superhydrophobicity) have been a fascinating area …

Cyclodextrin metal–organic frameworks (CD-MOFs) possess great potential in
environmental applications due to their high specific surface area and good biocompatibility …

To meet modern society's requirements for sustainability and environmental protection,
innovative and smart surface coatings are continually being developed to improve or impart …

Nanotechnology has allowed for significant progress in architectural, artistic, archaeological,
or museum heritage conservation for repairing and preventing damages produced by …

In this work, a novel ecofriendly series of polydimethylsiloxane-polymethylmethacrylate
(PDMS-PMMA) blend filled with silver nanospheres and titanium dioxide nanorods grafted …

Biofouling has destructive effects on shipping and leisure vessels, thus producing severe
problems for marine and naval sectors due to corrosion with consequent elevated fuel …

The need to ensure adequate antifouling protection of the hull in the naval sector led to the
development of real painting cycles, which involve the spreading of three layers of polymeric …

The development of self-cleaning textiles is an active research frontier to create fabrics that
are impervious to organic stains. In this study, we report the first synthesis of perovskite-type …

Organosilicon polymers (silicones) are an important part of material chemistry and a well-
established commercial product segment with a wide range of applications. Silicones are of …