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Superhydrophobic and Superoleophobic Surfaces: Key Points, Challenges and Applications
Summary
This review covers the science and applications of superhydrophobic and superoleophobic surfaces — materials that strongly repel water and oil. These non-wettable coatings have potential applications in anti-fouling, self-cleaning, and microplastic separation technologies. Superhydrophobic materials can be used to develop filters or membranes that selectively capture microplastics from water.
Non-wettable surfaces have been uninterruptedly studied during the 20th century [...]
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