title: Interfacial material system exhibiting superwettability.
abstract: Engineering the wettability of solid materials is a traditional, yet key issue in surface science and attracts tremendous interest by researchers in diverse fields. Recently, different superwetting phenomena have been discovered in both nature and experimental results. Therefore, in this review, various superwetting states, leading to a "superwettability" system, are summarized and predicted. Fundamental rules for understanding superwettability are discussed, mainly taking superhydrophobicity in air as an example. Then, some recent application progress of individual members of this "superwettability" system are introduced. Notably, several novel application fields, mainly gas, water, oil and/or other liquid environments, are presented in the following section. By combining different members of this "superwettability" system, new interfacial functions can be generated, allowing unexpected applications, such as in environmental protection, energy, green industry, and many other important domains. Finally, the future development of this interesting "superwettability" system is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS), Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Ye
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008956:Models, Chemical; D017155:Wettability
keywords: interfaces; superaerophobicity; superhydrophobicity; superoleophobicity; superwettability