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Recent developments in superhydrophobic surfaces and their relevance to marine fouling: a review
Jan Genzer,Kirill Efimenko +1 more
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The formation of responsive/“smart” surfaces, which adjust their physico-chemical properties to variations in some outside physical stimulus, including light, temperature, electric field, or solvent, is also described.Abstract:
In this review, a brief synopsis of superhydrophobicity (i.e. extreme non-wettability) and its implications on marine fouling are presented. A short overview of wettability and recent experimental developments aimed at fabricating superhydrophobic surfaces by tailoring their chemical nature and physical appearance (i.e. substratum texture) are reviewed. The formation of responsive/"smart" surfaces, which adjust their physico-chemical properties to variations in some outside physical stimulus, including light, temperature, electric field, or solvent, is also described. Finally, implications of tailoring the surface chemistry, texture, and responsiveness of surfaces on the design of effective marine fouling coatings are considered and discussed.read more
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Designing Superoleophobic Surfaces
Anish Tuteja,Wonjae Choi,Minglin Ma,Joseph M. Mabry,Sarah A. Mazzella,Gregory C. Rutledge,Gareth H. McKinley,Robert E. Cohen +7 more
TL;DR: It is shown how a third factor, re-entrant surface curvature, in conjunction with chemical composition and roughened texture, can be used to design surfaces that display extreme resistance to wetting from a number of liquids with low surface tension, including alkanes such as decane and octane.
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Natural and biomimetic artificial surfaces for superhydrophobicity, self-cleaning, low adhesion, and drag reduction
Bharat Bhushan,Yong Chae Jung +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the theoretical mechanisms of the wetting of rough surfaces are presented followed by the characterization of natural leaf surfaces and a comprehensive review is presented on artificial super-hydrophobic surfaces fabricated using various fabrication techniques and the influence of micro-, nano-and hierarchical structures on superhydrophobicity, self-cleaning, low adhesion, and drag reduction.
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Superhydrophobic surfaces: from structural control to functional application
TL;DR: A superhydrophobic surface is a surface with a water contact angle close to or higher than 150° as discussed by the authors, and it is the combination of surface roughness and low-surface-energy modification that leads to super-hydrophobicity.
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Progess in superhydrophobic surface development.
TL;DR: The origins of water-repellent surfaces are discussed, examining how size and shape of surface features are used to control surface characteristics, in particular how techniques have progressed to form multi-scaled roughness to mimic the lotus leaf effect.
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A review on the application of inorganic nano-structured materials in the modification of textiles: focus on anti-microbial properties
Roya Dastjerdi,Majid Montazer +1 more
TL;DR: This review paper has focused on the properties and applications of inorganic nano-structured materials with good anti-microbial activity potential for textile modification and the application methods for the modification of textiles using nano- structured materials.
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Tissue Cells Feel and Respond to the Stiffness of Their Substrate
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Super-hydrophobic surfaces: From natural to artificial
Lin Feng,Shuhong Li,Yingshun Li,Huanjun Li,Lingjuan Zhang,Jin Zhai,Yanlin Song,Biqian Liu,Lei Jiang,Daoben Zhu +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, a super-hydrophobic surface with both a large contact angle (CA) and a small sliding angle (α) has been constructed from carbon nanotubes.