Recent advances of bioinspired functional materials with specific wettability: from nature and beyond nature

Y Sun, Z Guo - Nanoscale Horizons, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Through 3.7 billion years of evolution and natural selection, plants and animals in nature
have ingeniously fulfilled a broad range of fascinating functions to achieve optimized …

Outmatching superhydrophobicity: bio-inspired re-entrant curvature for mighty superamphiphobicity in air

L Chen, Z Guo, W Liu - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding the complementary roles of surface roughness and energy in natural super-
non-wetting surfaces has greatly promoted the development of biomimetic …

[HTML][HTML] Fabrication of superhydrophobic reduced-graphene oxide/nickel coating with mechanical durability, self-cleaning and anticorrosion performance

Z Bai, B Zhang - Nano Materials Science, 2020 - Elsevier
There is a great challenge to fabricate superhydrophobic coating with excellent mechanical
durability and corrosion resistance. Inspired by the pinecone-shaped structure, a novel …

Effect of NiO/SiO2 nanofluids on the ultra interfacial tension reduction between heavy oil and aqueous solution and their use for wettability alteration of carbonate …

KP Dahkaee, MT Sadeghi, Z Fakhroueian… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2019 - Elsevier
One of the important factors in enhanced oil recovery (EOR), which leads to better oil flow in
reservoirs and increases the recovery efficiency of the reservoirs, is the reduction of surface …

One-step eco-friendly superhydrophobic coating method using polydimethylsiloxane and ammonium bicarbonate

S Kim, JW Lee, W Hwang - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2020 - ACS Publications
Superhydrophobic surfaces offer numerous advantages and have become popular in a wide
range of fields. Although many approaches for the modification of surface wettability have …

Tuning the Wetting Properties of SiO2-Based Nanofluids to Create Durable Surfaces with Special Wettability for Self-Cleaning, Anti-Fouling, and Oil–Water …

P Esmaeilzadeh, MH Ghazanfari… - Industrial & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Surfaces with special wettability have aroused lots of attention due to their broad
applications in many fields. In this work, we systematically report selective and various …

Numerical analysis of the blade coating process using non‐Newtonian nanofluid with magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) and slip effects

MA Javed, A Ghaffari, SU Khan… - … Theory and Simulations, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The coating process is widely used in various industries to enhance the production quality
and efficiency. This study gives a comprehensive analysis of non‐isothermal blade coating …

Selective fabrication of robust and multifunctional super nonwetting surfaces by diverse modifications of zirconia–ceria nanocomposites

P Esmaeilzadeh, A Zandi, MH Ghazanfari… - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
The creation of surfaces with various super nonwetting properties is an ongoing challenge.
We report diverse modifications of novel synthesized zirconia–ceria nanocomposites by …

Wettability alteration of calcite and dolomite carbonates using silica nanoparticles coated with fluorine groups

A Naghizadeh, R Azin, S Osfouri, R Fatehi - Journal of Petroleum Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Altering the wettability of a gas-liquid system from liquid-wetting to intermediate gas-wetting
is a novel strategy for removing condensate from gas condensate reservoirs. In this paper …

Rapid fabrication of superamphiphobic surface on AZ91D Mg alloys with re-entrant structures

Y Duan, J Zhu - Surface and Coatings Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Developing spray/template-free superamphiphobic surfaces that can resist various kinds of
liquids is crucial for academic study and practical demands. In spite of significant evolution …