Recent advances in the mechanical durability of superhydrophobic materials

A Milionis, E Loth, IS Bayer - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2016 - Elsevier
Large majority of superhydrophobic surfaces have very limited mechanical wear robustness
and long-term durability. This problem has restricted their utilization in commercial or …

Recent advances in the potential applications of bioinspired superhydrophobic materials

T Darmanin, F Guittard - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
This review gives an overview of recent advances in the potential applications of
superhydrophobic materials. Such properties are characterized by extremely high water …

Mimicking natural superhydrophobic surfaces and grasping the wetting process: A review on recent progress in preparing superhydrophobic surfaces

YY Yan, N Gao, W Barthlott - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2011 - Elsevier
A typical superhydrophobic (ultrahydrophobic) surface can repel water droplets from wetting
itself, and the contact angle of a water droplet resting on a superhydrophobic surface is …

Advanced wearable microfluidic sensors for healthcare monitoring

S Li, Z Ma, Z Cao, L Pan, Y Shi - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Wearable flexible sensors based on integrated microfluidic networks with multiplex analysis
capability are emerging as a new paradigm to assess human health status and show great …

Microfluidic chips for point‐of‐care immunodiagnostics

L Gervais, N De Rooij, E Delamarche - Advanced materials, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We might be at the turning point where research in microfluidics undertaken in academia
and industrial research laboratories, and substantially sponsored by public grants, may …

Superhydrophilic–superoleophobic coatings

J Yang, Z Zhang, X Xu, X Zhu, X Men… - Journal of Materials …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
A novel superhydrophilic and superoleophobic nanocomposite coating is fabricated by
spray casting nanoparticle–polymer suspensions on various substrates. Water droplets can …

Latest developments in micro total analysis systems

A Arora, G Simone, GB Salieb-Beugelaar… - Analytical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The field of micro total analysis systems (μTAS)(1) or lab on a chip (LOC) has extended its
usefulness into many new fields and disciplines spanning basic research to commercial …

Hierarchical micro and nano structured, hydrophilic, superhydrophobic and superoleophobic surfaces incorporated in microfluidics, microarrays and lab on chip …

E Gogolides, K Ellinas, A Tserepi - Microelectronic Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
Control of wetting properties at the extremes of wetting states (superhydrophilic and
superhydrophobic) is important for many applications, such as self-cleaning, anti-fogging …

Robust superhydrophobic surfaces with mechanical durability and easy repairability

X Zhu, Z Zhang, X Men, J Yang, K Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Development of superhydrophobic self-cleaning materials is hindered by their susceptibility
to mechanical abrasion. Here, to solve the problem caused by mechanical damage, we …

From superamphiphobic to amphiphilic polymeric surfaces with ordered hierarchical roughness fabricated with colloidal lithography and plasma nanotexturing

K Ellinas, A Tserepi, E Gogolides - Langmuir, 2011 - ACS Publications
Ordered, hierarchical (triple-scale), superhydrophobic, oleophobic, superoleophobic, and
amphiphilic surfaces on poly (methyl methacrylate) PMMA polymer substrates are fabricated …