Recent years have witnessed tremendous progress and developments of the
photoswitchable spiropyran-based polymers, owing to distinctive and particular …

Methods for depositing thin films are important in generating functional materials for diverse
applications in a wide variety of fields. Over the last half-century, the layer-by-layer assembly …

Oil spills and industrial organic pollutants have induced severe water pollution and
threatened every species in the ecological system. To deal with oily water, special wettability …

The oil–water separation has attracted heightened attention because of the ever‐increasing
amounts of oily water produced from the daily activities of humans and industrial processes …

Biological surfaces in nature, such as lotus leaves, rose petals, and water striders, exhibit
excellent superhydrophobicity. The fabrication of superhydrophobic surfaces inspired by …

Inspired by the self‐cleaning phenomenon in nature biology, superwettable materials
systems have been increasingly studied by multidisciplinary scientists in past two decades …

Inspired by the self-cleaning and water-repellent properties of plants and animals in the
natural world, superhydrophobic and superoleophobic materials develop quickly, and are of …

In this review a strategy for the design of bioinspired, smart, multiscale interfacial (BSMI)
materials is presented and put into context with recent progress in the field of BSMI materials …

The phenomenon of droplet bouncing on superhydrophobic surfaces has received
extensive attention in the academic and industrial fields, as it is critical for various …

Stimulus-responsive surface wettability, especially photoresponsive surface wettability, has
been intensively studied. Meanwhile, multifunctional surfaces, especially for the treatment of …