Recent advances in superhydrophobic polymers for antireflective self-cleaning solar panels

N Cherupurakal, MS Mozumder, AHI Mourad… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Although progress has been made in materials possessing involving superhydrophobicity
(SH) and anti-reflectivity (AR), the challenge for their practical use remains their durability …

A review of smart superwetting surfaces based on shape‐memory micro/nanostructures

X Bai, X Gou, J Zhang, J Liang, L Yang, S Wang, X Hou… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bioinspired smart superwetting surfaces with special wettability have aroused great attention
from fundamental research to technological applications including self‐cleaning, oil–water …

Bioinspired superwettability micro/nanoarchitectures: fabrications and applications

T Kong, G Luo, Y Zhao, Z Liu - Advanced functional materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Biological systems have evolved over billions of years to develop wetting strategies for
advantageous structure–property–performance relations that are crucial for their survival …

Bio‐inspired photonic materials: prototypes and structural effect designs for applications in solar energy manipulation

H Zhou, J Xu, X Liu, H Zhang, D Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Natural creatures have evolved elaborate photonic nanostructures on multiple scales and
dimensions in a hierarchical, organized way to realize controllable absorption, reflection, or …

Nonfluorinated, transparent, and spontaneous self-healing superhydrophobic coatings enabled by supramolecular polymers

X Li, B Li, Y Li, J Sun - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Transparent self-healing superhydrophobic coatings have important applications on lenses,
solar cells, helmet visors, and windshields et al. However, their applications at the present …

Durable and anti-corrosion superhydrophobic coating with bistratal structure prepared by ambient curing

B Han, H Wang, S Yuan, Y Li, X Zhang, D Lin… - Progress in Organic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Limited durability, poor anti-corrosion property and complex synthesis procedure are the
major obstacles to the practical application of superhydrophobic coatings, especially for …

Dual-functional superhydrophobic textiles with asymmetric roll-down/pinned states for water droplet transportation and oil–water separation

X Su, H Li, X Lai, L Zhang, X Liao, J Wang… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Superhydrophobic surfaces with tunable adhesion from lotus-leaf to rose-petal states have
generated much attention for their potential applications in self-cleaning, anti-icing, oil–water …

Advances in the fabrication of superhydrophobic polymeric surfaces by polymer molding processes

K Maghsoudi, E Vazirinasab, G Momen… - Industrial & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Superhydrophobic materials are found in a suite of scientific and industrial applications, and
given their broad potential use, there is great interest in facilitating their mass production …

Nanosilica coated polydimethylsiloxane mushroom structure: A next generation flexible, transparent, and mechanically durable superhydrophobic thin film

CR Yu, A Shanmugasundaram, DW Lee - Applied Surface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Herein, we propose our successful attempt toward developing the transparent and flexible
polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) based superhydrophobic and oleophobic thin film. The …

Superhydrophobic coatings by the hot embossing approach: recent developments and state-of-art applications

A Bhandari, N Khatri, YK Mishra, MS Goyat - Materials Today Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the past few decades, superhydrophobic coatings (SHCs) are the main attraction for
scientists and researchers due to their various applications in different fields, such as …