BACKGROUND Surfaces that control solid, liquid, or vapor accretion have numerous
applications, including self-cleaning windows and solar panels; water and fog harvesting; …

The development of new technologies is key to the continued improvement of medicine,
relying on comprehensive materials design strategies that can integrate advanced …

Dust accumulation on solar panels is a major challenge, as it blocks a large portion of
sunlight. Solar panels are therefore cleaned regularly using large quantities of pure water …

The past few decades have seen substantial effort for the design and manufacturing of
hydrophobic structured surfaces for enhanced steam condensation in water-based …

Lubricant-impregnated surfaces (LIS), where micro/nanotextured surfaces are impregnated
with lubricating liquids, have received significant attention for their robust, superslippery …

Condensation is of paramount importance in numerous technological applications where
phase change processes take place. The physical nature of condensation from vapor to …

Frost formation is a major problem affecting a variety of industries including transportation,
power generation, construction, and agriculture. Currently used active chemical, thermal …

Ice accretion is an important problem and passive approaches for reducing ice-adhesion are
of great interest in various systems such as aircrafts, power lines, wind turbines, and oil …

Marine corrosion and biofouling are the biggest challenges to the security of marine
engineering equipment and offshore structures. Slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces …

Lubricant-impregnated surfaces are two-component surface coatings. One component, a
fluid called the lubricant, is stabilized at a surface by the second component, the scaffold …