Bio-inspired, multi-purpose and instant superhydrophobic–superoleophilic lotus leaf powder hybrid micro–nanocomposites for selective oil spill capture

Polymethylhydrosiloxane-based organic–inorganic hybrids for amphiphobic coatings

(2013) Saravanan Nagappan et al.   COMPOSITE INTERFACES

Highly transparent, hydrophobic fluorinated polymethylsiloxane/silica organic-inorganic hybrids for anti-stain coating

(2013) Saravanan Nagappan et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RESEARCH

Superhydrophobic and superoleophilic hybrid foam of graphene and carbon nanotube for selective removal of oils or organic solvents from the surface of water

(2012) Xiaochen Dong et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Superhydrophobic and superoleophilic properties of graphene-based sponges fabricated using a facile dip coating method

(2012) Duc Dung Nguyen et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

A novel superhydrophobic bulk material

(2012) Xiaotao Zhu et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Stable superhydrophobic coatings from thiol-ligand nanocrystals and their application in oil/water separation

(2012) Jing Li et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Advances in the theory of superhydrophobic surfaces

(2012) Ben Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Combination of Bioinspiration: A General Route to Superhydrophobic Particles

(2012) Liang Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synthesis of superhydrophobic silica nanofibrous membranes with robust thermal stability and flexibility via in situ polymerization

(2012) Liping Yang et al.   Nanoscale

Superhydrophobic–superhydrophilic binary micropatterns by localized thermal treatment of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS)–silica films

(2012) Thomas M. Schutzius et al.   Nanoscale

Hygro-responsive membranes for effective oil–water separation

(2012) Arun K. Kota et al.   Nature Communications

Highly Transparent, Flexible, and Thermally Stable Superhydrophobic ORMOSIL Aerogel Thin Films

(2011) Hulya Budunoglu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Underwater Oil Capture by a Three-Dimensional Network Architectured Organosilane Surface

(2011) Meihua Jin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Adsorption characteristics of methylene blue onto low cost biomass material lotus leaf

(2011) Xiuli Han et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

A Functionally Integrated Device for Effective and Facile Oil Spill Cleanup

(2011) Mengjiao Cheng et al.   LANGMUIR

Water Droplet Motion Control on Superhydrophobic Surfaces: Exploiting the Wenzel-to-Cassie Transition

(2011) Guangming Liu et al.   LANGMUIR

Superhydrophobic and oleophobic surfaces fabricated from incompletely condensed polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane

(2011) Fuping Dong et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RESEARCH

Solvent resistant superhydrophobic films from self-emulsifying carnauba wax–alcohol emulsions

(2011) I. S. Bayer et al.   Soft Matter

Biomimetics inspired surfaces for drag reduction and oleophobicity/philicity

(2011) Bharat Bhushan   Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology

Superhydrophobicity in perfection: the outstanding properties of the lotus leaf

(2011) Hans J Ensikat et al.   Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology

Applications of Bio-Inspired Special Wettable Surfaces

(2010) Xi Yao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Wetting transitions on biomimetic surfaces

(2010) E. Bormashenko   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Scenario-Building for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

(2010) G. E. Machlis et al.   SCIENCE

Fabrication of artificial Lotus leaves and significance of hierarchical structure for superhydrophobicity and low adhesion

(2009) Kerstin Koch et al.   Soft Matter

Why so strong for the lotus leaf?

(2008) Zhiguang Guo et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Superwetting nanowire membranes for selective absorption

(2008) Jikang Yuan et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Diversity of structure, morphology and wetting of plant surfaces

(2008) Kerstin Koch et al.   Soft Matter