Turning a negative into a positive: Trends, guidelines and challenges of developing multifunctional non-wettable coatings based on industrial soot wastes

摘要: Abstract The carbon soot has generally negative connotation due to the adverse impact on human health and ambient environment. Most of studies involving analysis focus need preventing or reducing sources production. However, if atmospheric aerosols are capable repelling water vapor thus impeding film formation particles’ outer shell, they can be considered as competitive cost-effective candidates for development multifunctional non-wettable coatings. physicochemistry soot, particularly surface oxidation, presence heteroatoms degree heterogeneity, regulates its chemical non-polarity hygroscopicity. Appropriately selecting types facilitates material’s recycling into a liquid-repellent tool with potential applicability in cryobiology, medicine, purification devices, desalination systems, passive anti-bioadhesive icephobic surfaces. This review article summarizes first time main aerosol patterns based their uptake provides detailed guidelines choice suitable coating fabrication protocol successive processing. latter determinative factors designing mechanically robust withstanding gusty winds, jetting, abrasion finger wiping. Finally, state-of-the-art practical relevance hydrophobic is discussed, while existing limitations future trends coatings technology outlined.