This review discusses the use of the combination of surface roughness and hydrophobicity
for engineering large slip at the fluid-solid interface. These superhydrophobic surfaces were …

This paper is derived from a training session prepared for COST P21. It is intended as an
introduction to superhydrophobicity to scientists who may not work in this area of physics or …

Various physical tweezers for manipulating liquid droplets based on optical, electrical,
magnetic, acoustic, or other external fields have emerged and revolutionized research and …

As discovered by Leidenfrost, liquids placed on very hot solids levitate on a cushion of their
own vapour,,. These model hovercrafts are remarkably mobile: placed on a hot ratchet, a …

Anisotropic textured surfaces allow water striders to walk on water, butterflies to shed water
from their wings and plants to trap insects and pollen. Capturing these natural features in …

Droplets moving on solid surfaces are at the heart of many phenomena of fundamental and
applied interest in chemistry, physics and materials science. On the fundamental side, as …

Inspired by spider silk, a series of artificial spider silks with spindle‐knots are fabricated. Tiny
water drops (tens of picoliters) are driven with controllable direction on the fiber surfaces …

Surface roughness has a profound influence on the wetting properties of a material. This fact
is especially true with respect to the wetting of superhydrophobic surfaces. As a result of a …

Rice leaves with anisotropic sliding properties have the ability to directionally control the
movement of water microdroplets. However, the realization of artificial anisotropic sliding …

In Nature, directional surfaces on insect cuticle, animal fur, bird feathers, and plant leaves
are composed of dual micro‐nanoscale features that tune roughness and surface energy …