Sahoo, Bichitra Yoon, Kukro Seo, Jungmok Lee, Taeyoon 2024-01-19T23:32:24Z 2024-01-19T23:32:24Z 2021-09-03 2018-02 2079-6412 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/121770 Since the discovery of the self-cleaning properties of the lotus effect, the wetting of surfaces were intensively investigated due to their potential application in many industrial sectors. The transparency of flexible liquid repellent coatings are a major industrial problem and their economic consequences are widely known. Hence, a comprehensive understanding of the developments of flexible and transparent superamphiphobic surfaces is required in a number of technological and industrial situations. In this review, we aim to discuss the progress in the design, synthesis, fabrication techniques, and applications of flexible and transparent superamphiphobic surfaces. We start with an introduction, exploring the contact angles and wetting states for superhydrophilic, superhydrophobic, and superoleophobic surfaces, and continue with a review of the wetting transition of such surfaces. Then, we highlight the fabrication techniques involved for the preparation of flexible and transparent superamphiphobic surfaces. This review also discusses the key issues in the fabrication process and surfaces, and their features in improving durability characteristics and self-repellent performance. Then we suggest various recommendations for the improvement of mechanical durability along with potential future directions towards more systematic methods that will also be acceptable for industry. Finally, we conclude with some challenges and potential applications. English MDPI SELF-CLEANING SURFACES SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SURFACES SUPEROMNIPHOBIC SURFACES BROAD-BAND SUPEROLEOPHOBIC SURFACES HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES MECHANICAL DURABILITY ENVIRONMENTALLY-SAFE RECENT PROGRESS FILMS Chemical and Physical Pathways for Fabricating Flexible Superamphiphobic Surfaces with High Transparency Article 10.3390/coatings8020047 1 COATINGS, v.8, no.2 COATINGS 8 2 scie scopus 000427513800002 2-s2.0-85051506722 Materials Science, Multidisciplinary Materials Science, Coatings & Films Physics, Applied Materials Science Physics Review SELF-CLEANING SURFACES SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SURFACES SUPEROMNIPHOBIC SURFACES BROAD-BAND SUPEROLEOPHOBIC SURFACES HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES MECHANICAL DURABILITY ENVIRONMENTALLY-SAFE RECENT PROGRESS FILMS transparent superamphiphobic nanoparticle assembly stretchability Cassie-Baxter micropillar nanocone