Design of ‘tolerant and hard’ superhydrophobic coatings to freeze physical deformation

%, respectively, after the deposition of the appropriate reaction mixtures. Moreover, the integration of the crosslinkers in the reaction mixture provided a facile basis to resist the physical erosion/rupture of the selected soft substrates under severe abrasive conditions. Thus, a simple and elegant chemical approach not only controlled the mechanical properties of the porous and fibrous soft substrates under ambient conditions-but also provided highly tolerant superhydrophobicity-which likely leads to various outdoor applications.