Robust and durable liquid-repellent surfaces

However, poor robustness and durability that notably hinders the real-world applications of such surfaces remains their Achilles heel. The past few years have witnessed rapidly increasing publications that address the robustness and durability of liquid-repellent surfaces, and many breakthroughs have been achieved. This review provides an overview of the recent progress made towards robust and durable liquid-repellent surfaces. First, we discuss the wetting of solid surface and its generally-adopted characterisation methods, and introduce typical liquid-repellent surfaces. Second, we focus on various evaluation methods of the robustness and durability of liquid-repellent surfaces. Third, the recent advances in…

• RS
  Royal Society

  Award: RGS\R1\201071
• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Awards: 5210050794, 52105477
• CS
  China Scholarship Council

  Award: 202008320282
• NS
  Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin City

  Award: 19JCQNJC03900
• EA
  Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

  Awards: EP/L015862/1, EP/W010798/1, EP/W010798/1
• NP
  National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents

  Award: BX20190233