Robust and durable liquid-repellent surfaces

F Chen, Y Wang, Y Tian, D Zhang, J Song… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid-repellent surfaces, such as superhydrophobic surfaces, superoleophobic surfaces,
and slippery liquid-infused surfaces, have drawn keen research interest from the …

Bioinspired superhydrophobic surfaces, inhibiting or promoting microbial contamination?

Y Chen, J Ao, J Zhang, J Gao, L Hao, R Jiang, Z Zhang… - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Bioinspired superhydrophobic surfaces have offered unique advantages in combating
microbial contaminations involving fungi, bacteria, and viruses, especially during the global …

Controllable fabrication of superhydrophobic alloys surface on 304 stainless steel substrate for anti-icing performance

Y Deng, F Xu, Z Yin, M Xue, Y Chen, P He, J Wu… - Ceramics …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, 304 stainless steel-based ZnO (304SS-based ZnO) seed layer was prepared
by using sol-gel method or electrochemical deposition. Superhydrophobic nano-ZnO (CSS …

Fabrication of ZnO@ Fe2O3 superhydrophobic coatings with high thermal conductivity

X Chen, Z Yin, J Yan, M Xue, Y Chen, C Yang… - Surface and Coatings …, 2023 - Elsevier
Efficient thermal management materials are an integral part of electronic devices and can
quickly contribute to their heat dissipation, thereby greatly improving their reliability, stability …

Wetting effect on patterned substrates

F Wang, Y Wu, B Nestler - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A droplet deposited on a solid substrate leads to the wetting phenomenon. A natural
observation is the lotus effect, known for its superhydrophobicity. This special feature is …

Antimicrobial copper-based materials and coatings: potential multifaceted biomedical applications

D Mitra, ET Kang, KG Neoh - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2019 - ACS Publications
Surface contamination by microbes leads to several detrimental consequences like hospital-
and device-associated infections. One measure to inhibit surface contamination is to confer …

Robust solid‐liquid triboelectric nanogenerators: mechanisms, strategies and applications

Y Dong, N Wang, D Yang, J Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solid‐liquid triboelectric nanogenerators (SL‐TENGs) are a new technology that combines
contact electrification (CE) and electrostatic induction to collect clean energy stored in …

Roles of chemistry modification for laser textured metal alloys to achieve extreme surface wetting behaviors

A Samanta, Q Wang, SK Shaw, H Ding - Materials & design, 2020 - Elsevier
Wetting behaviors of structured metal surfaces have received considerable attention due to
the wide range of applications for commercial, industrial, and military uses as well as …

Facile fabrication of superhydrophobic and photocatalytic self-cleaning flexible strain sensor membrane for human motion

M Li, W Liu, Z Yin, H Yang, Y Chen, C Yang… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Superhydrophobic coatings have numerous applications across various industries.
However, there have been limited reports on superhydrophobic and smart coatings that …

The challenges, achievements and applications of submersible superhydrophobic materials

YA Mehanna, E Sadler, RL Upton… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Superhydrophobic materials have been widely reported throughout the scientific literature.
Their properties originate from a highly rough morphology and inherently water repellent …