Selective Superwettability: Flexible, Durable, and Unconditioned Superoleophobic/Superhydrophilic Surfaces for Controllable Transport and Oil-Water Separation (Adv. Funct. Mater. 20/2018)

In article number 1706867, Yunlu Pan and co-workers propose an efficient method to fabricate coatings which show both of superoleophobicity and superhydrophilicity. Applying the coatings on different kinds of solid substrates achieves good performance in separating oil–water mixtures, stabilized oil-in-water emulsions, and controllable oil transportation. The mechanical durability of the coating is substantially increased by applying the proposed ferroconcrete-like structure.