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A comprehensive and systematic treatment that focuses on surfaces and interfaces phenomena inhabited in biomimetic superhydrophobic materials, offering new fundamentals and novel insights.As such, this new book covers the natural surfaces, fundamentals, fabrication methods and exciting applications of superhydrophobic materials, with particular attention paid to the smart surfaces that can show switchable and reversible water wettability under external stimuli, such as pH, temperature, light, solvents, and electric fields. It also includes recent theoretical advances of superhydrophobic surfaces with regard to the wetting process, and some promising breakthroughs to promote this theory.As a result, materials scientists, physicists, physical chemists, chemical engineers, and biochemists will benefit greatly from a deeper understanding of this topic.

Surfaces and Interfaces of Biomimetic Superhydrophobic Materials

1. Introduction 2. Superhydrophobic surfaces from nature2.1 Superhydrophobic plant surfaces in nature2.2 Superhydrophobic surfaces of animals in nature2.3 Behind and beyond superhydrophobicity: natural hierarchical structures3. Advances in the theory of superhydrophobic surfaces and Interfaces3.1 Basic theories: contact angle and Young's equation3.2 Wenzel model: adaptability and limitations3.3 Cassie-Baxter model: adaptability and limitations3.4 Improved models3.5 Cassie-Wenzel and Wenzel-Cassie transitions on superhydrophobic surfaces4. Fabrications of non-coated Superhydrophobic Surfaces and Interfaces4.1 Etching method4.2 Lithography4.3 Anodization4.4 Laser processing4.5 Electrodeposition4.6 Hydrothermal method4.7 Sol-gel process4.8 Electrospinning4.9 Others5. Superhydrophobic nanocoatings: from materials to applications5.1 Materials for nanocoatings5.1.1 Inorganic materials5.1.2 Organic materials5.1.3 Inorganic-organic hybrid materials5.2 Fabrication methods for nanocoatings5.2.1 Sol-gel process5.2.3 Chemical vapor deposition5.2.4 Spray process5.2.5 Electrospinning process5.2.6 Electrodeposition5.2.7 Solution immersion process5.2.8 Other techniques5.3 Biomimetic transparent and superhydrophobic coatings5.3.1 Two competitive characters: transparency and superhydrophobicity5.3.2 Various materials for transparent and superhydrophobic surfaces5.3.3 Potential applications6. Adhesion Behaviors on Superhydrophobic Surfaces and Interfaces6.1 Liquid-solid adhesion of superhydrophobic surfaces6.1.1 Surfaces with special adhesion in nature6.1.2 Artificial superhydrophobic surfaces with special adhesion6.1.3 Switchable liquid-solid adhesions on superhydrophobic surfaces6.2 Adhesion of ice on superhydrophobic surfaces6.2.1 Mechanism of ice crystallization6.2.2 Anti- adhesion icing properties of superhydrophobic surfaces6.3 Solid-solid adhesion of superhydrophobic surfaces6.3.1 Protein adsorption on superhydrophobic surfaces6.3.2 Cell adhesion on superhydrophobic surfaces6.3.3 Bacterial adhesions on superhydrophobic surfaces7. Smart biomimetic superhydrophobic materials with switchable wettability7.1 pH-responsive wettable materials7.2 Photo-induced self-cleaning properties7.3 Solvent-responsive wettable materials7.4 Magnetic control behavior of superhydrophobic microspheres7.5 Other external stimulis8. Biomimetic Superhydrophobic Materials applied for oil/water separation (I)8.1 Metallic mesh-based materials8.2 Fabric-based materials8.3 Sponge and foam-based materials8.4 Particles and powdered materials8.5 Other bulk materials8.6 Theories behind oil/water separation behaviour9. Biomimetic Superhydrophobic Materials applied for oil/water separation (II)9.1 The formation of water-and-oil emulsions9.2 Modified Traditional Ceramic and Polymer Separation Membranes9.3 Novel Polymer Membranes 9.3.1 In Situ Polymerization9.3.2 Mussel-inspired Deposition9.3.2 Phase Inversion Process9.4 Nanomaterial-based Membranes9.4.1 Carbon-based9.4.2 Cellulose-based9.5 Non-two-dimensional Separating Methods10. Conclusion and outlook