The search for surfaces with non-wetting behavior towards water and low-surface tension liquids affects a wide range of industries. Surface wetting is regulated by morphological and chemical features interacting with liquid phases under different amb...
Super-amphiphobic surface with low robustness is not suitable for practical application due to its weak mechanical strength. In this work, an in-site growth of micro-/nanoscale flower-like TiO2 on the surface of a titanium mesh was successfully fabri...
This study reports the development of a novel amphiphobic coating. The coating is a bilayer arrangement, where carbon nanotubes (CNTs) form the underlayer and fluorinated alkyl-silane (FAS) forms the overlayer, resulting in the development of highly...
A one-step method using under-liquid laser machining (ULLM) is proposed for fabrication of microdimples on a cemented carbide surface with a wear-resistant amphiphobic property. The influence of laser processing parameters on the depth, width, and su...
Wettability, roughness and surface treatment methods are essential for the majority of practical applications, where liquid–solid surface interactions take place. The present study experimentally investigated the influence of different mechanic...
Understanding the corrosion inhibition behavior of super-amphiphobic coating is important to ensure practicability in the real application. 2 layers system of super-amphiphobic coating was successfully developed using functionalized nano-Al2O3 incorp...
The wettability of the proppant is crucial in optimizing the flowback of fracturing fluids and improving the recovery of the produced hydrocarbons. Neutral wet proppants have been proven to improve the fluid flow by reducing the interaction between t...
Sol-gel silica antireflective coatings (ARCs) with improved amphiphobicity were simply fabricated on BK7 glass substrates via fluorinated-poly(methylhydrogen)siloxane (F-PMHS) surface modification by the dip-coating method. The results of Fourier Tra...
Surfaces with special wetting properties are still in the attention of researchers [...]
This study establishes a covalently anchored wettability alteration strategy for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) using perfluorinated siloxane (CQ), addressing limitations of conventional modifiers reliant on unstable physical adsorption. Instead, CQ for...
The sustainable production of energy without environmental footprints is a challenge of paramount importance to satisfy the ever-increasing global demand and to promote economic and social growth through a greener perspective. Such awareness has sign...
Hydrophobicity, olephobicity, hemophobicity, amphiphobicity, omniphobicity, icephobicity [...]
In recent years, the non-petroleum production of light olefins has been the research focus of Fischer–Tropsch olefin synthesis (FTO). Iron-based catalysts have attracted much attention because of their low price, high catalytic activity, and wi...
Conductivity sensors play a vital role in monitoring production data in oil wells to ensure efficient oilfield operations, and their service performance depends on the durability of Invar alloy electrodes. The alloy electrodes are susceptible to dama...