Spray Coating: Transparent and Superamphiphobic Surfaces from One‐Step Spray Coating of Stringed Silica Nanoparticle/Sol Solutions (Part. Part. Syst. Charact. 7/2014)

Transparent and superamphiphobic surfaces that repel both water and oils are created by S. Yang on co-workers using one-step spray coating from stringed amphiphilic silica nanoparticles in an amphiphilic sol, forming fractal-like nanoporous structures. As discussed on page 763, the coating is applicable to a variety of planar and curved substrates without any pre- or post-treatment.