Superoleophobic surfaces

Superoleophobicity is a phenomenon where the contact angles of various oil droplets with low surface tension on a solid surface are larger than 150°. In the past few years, there has been much growing interest in the design and application of superoleophobic surfaces. Such surfaces have great significance for both fundamental research and a variety of practical applications, including oil-repellent coatings, self-cleaning, oil/water separation, oil droplet manipulation, chemical shielding, anti-blocking, designing liquid microlens, oil capture, bioadhesion, guiding oil movement and floating on oil. Herein, we systematically summarize the recent developments of superoleophobic surfaces. This review focuses on…

• NS
  National Science Foundation
• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Awards: 51335008, 61475124, 61275008, 61275008, 51335008 and 61475124
• CP
  China Postdoctoral Science Foundation

  Award: 2016M600786
• CI
  Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology