Freshwater scarcity has become a critical global challenge affecting some of the most
vulnerable populations. In response, significant effort has focused on ways to increase …

Design of hierarchical micromorphology represents an important strategy for developing
functional surfaces but has yet to be achieved for promising long-term dropwise …

Inspired by the hydrophobic waxy layer structure on the back of the desert beetle, a super-
hydrophobic material was prepared via the sol–gel silanisation of porous cellulose …

The shortage of fresh water resources is becoming more and more serious with the
acceleration of modernization and industrialization, especially in some dry welding and …

Today, large amounts of data are generated in various applications such as smart cities and
social networks, and their processing requires a lot of time. One of the methods of …

Spatial control of condensation/nucleation is important for applications such as capillary
force‐driven parallelized device alignment, suppression of chain‐reaction ice‐formation …

Directional liquid dynamics show significant interest across various fields, including energy,
environmental remediation, water harvesting, microfluidics, and heat transfer. Nature …

Fog harvesting relies on intercepting atmospheric or industrial fog by placing a porous
obstacle, for example, a mesh and collecting the deposited water. In the face of global water …

Efforts to develop innovative water harvesting strategies offer powerful solutions to alleviate
the water crisis, especially in remote and arid areas. Inspired by the hydrophobic/hydrophilic …

Desertification is a growing risk for humanity. Studies show that water access will be the
leading cause of massive migration in the future. For this reason, significant research efforts …