Recent advances in femtosecond laser micro/nano processing of perovskites for optical applications

Hao Song, Kai Yin, Jianqiang Xiao, Jiaqing Pei, Fan Zhang and Yu Chen

Nanoscale, 2026, 18, 5690
DOI: 10.1039/D5NR04944J

Efficient solar-to-thermal management on femtosecond laser composite fabrication of hierarchical Janus plates

Shiqing Tang, Kai Yin, Jianqiang Xiao, Haonan Yu, Xinghao Song, Yin Huang, Xin Deng and Hua Wang

Nanoscale, 2025, 17, 20190
DOI: 10.1039/D5NR02434J

Efficient anti-icing/deicing via photothermal-wind synergistic effects on femtosecond laser-induced superhydrophobic graphene

Xinghao Song, Kai Yin, Xun Li, Lingxiao Wang, Pengyu Yang, Jiaqing Pei, Yin Huang, Christopher J. Arnusch and Guoqiang Li

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2025, 13, 205
DOI: 10.1039/D4TA06520D

Preparation of a novel electrospun superhydrophobic magnetic CoFe2O4@TiO2/PVDF composite film with catalytic function and enhanced polar crystal content in PVDF

Jian-Wu Xiao, Li-Wang Jiang, Yu-Ma Yang, Yun-Feng Zhu, Fu-An He and Dong-Dong Mai

New J. Chem., 2025, 49, 12607
DOI: 10.1039/D5NJ01070E

Alcohol-gating femtosecond laser-induced micro/nano-structured membranes with reversible switching wettability and breathability

Jiaqing Pei, Kai Yin, Xinghao Song, Pengyu Yang, Lingxiao Wang, Yin Huang, Saif Ullah Awan and Ahmed S. G. Khalil

Mater. Horiz., 2024, 11, 5409
DOI: 10.1039/D4MH00913D

A dual-mode self-cleaning film for durable passive radiative cooling and solar heating

Tingni Wu, Kai Yin, Yuchun He, Lingxiao Wang, Jianqiang Xiao, Haonan Yu, Hua Wang and Yin Huang

Mater. Horiz., 2025, 12, 9728
DOI: 10.1039/D5MH01196E

Janus Membranes with On-Demand Control of Droplets Used in Blood Testing and Information Encryption

Shuqiang Min, Lin Hu, Shile Feng, Tonghuan Zhan, Xianchang Wu, Heng Wang, Yan Yuan and Bing Xu

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2025, 17, 33211
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5c05773

Laser texture-electrochemical deposition composite preparation of superhydrophobic L-Al@Ni-SA with anti/de-icing property

Zhichao Ren, Mingming Liu, Pengcheng Yan, Yuanyuan Hou, Yongling Wu and Hongyu Zheng

Surfaces and Interfaces, 2025, 69, 106778
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfin.2025.106778

Dual-mode year-round efficient thermal management using radiative cooling and laser-induced graphene heating

Haonan Yu, Kai Yin, Xun Li, Yin Huang, Tingni Wu, Jianqiang Xiao, Lingxiao Wang and Sergey Makarov

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 523, 168794
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.168794

Enhancing atmospheric water harvesting on hydrophilic-superhydrophobic hybrid surfaces through wettability gradient and synergistic diversion channel

Z.J. Cheng, J.P. Qu, Y.J. Liu, W.J. Wu, P.C. He, S. Li, J. Zhao and J.L. Mo

Materials Today Physics, 2025, 52, 101691
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtphys.2025.101691

Achieving Extremely Efficient Anti‐Icing/Frosting Surface via Synergistic Effects of Photo‐Thermal and Calcium Chloride Superspread Embedding

Xinghao Song, Kai Yin, Xun Li, Lingxiao Wang, Yin Huang, Jianqiang Xiao, Jiaqing Pei, Ji‐An Duan and Christopher J. Arnusch

Small, 2025, 21
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202511301

Fabricating superhydrophobic surfaces of silicone rubber with laser abalation

Yiping Tang, Ruihua Yang, Bin Feng, Da Lin, Wei Guo and Yukui Cai

Applied Surface Science, 2025, 701, 163286
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2025.163286

Local mechanical sintered thermal liquid bridge for anti-/de-icing surface with thermal management and temperature warning

Zemin Ji, Xiaobin Huang, Xiangzhao Wang, Haoqiang Sheng, Linchuan Tian, Shiyu Xu and Hong Liu

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 512, 162337
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.162337

Shark skin and mussel-inspired polyurethane hydrogel sponge for wounds with infection and exudate

Miao Zhang, Sha Zhou, Tingting Zhang, Jiyixuan Li, Linyuan Xue, Bing Liang and Dongming Xing

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2025, 693, 137658
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2025.137658

Multifunctional superhydrophobic film with comprehensive icing monitoring, anti-icing, and photothermal/electrothermal deicing properties

Haozhong Ji, Chao Yang, Haoxi Su, Zhengpan Qi, Yao Wang, E. Cheng and Ning Hu

Progress in Organic Coatings, 2025, 206, 109337
DOI: 10.1016/j.porgcoat.2025.109337

Hierarchical dandelion-like superhydrophobic surfaces with excellent stability and photothermal performance for efficient anti-/deicing

Chengjin Zhang, Ke Pei, Jing Zhao, Yongshen Zhou, Shouzi Zhang, Xing Han and Zhiguang Guo

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 510, 161582
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.161582

Experimental investigations of self-propelled water surface mini-robots based on droplets motion on superhydrophilic cone channels

Zhi Xu, Zenghua Fan, Kun Zhang, Jun Gao and Changyu He

Journal of Applied Physics, 2025, 137
DOI: 10.1063/5.0266457

Adaptive beam-shaping enabled high-precision patterned laser micro-grooving

Pei Qiu, Jun Li, Dandan Yuan, Zixuan Xin, Jiaxu Huang and Shaolin Xu

Int. J. Extrem. Manuf., 2025, 7, 065002
DOI: 10.1088/2631-7990/adec26

Ablation enhancing on heterogeneous aluminum/titanium alloy films under femtosecond laser burst irradiation

Shun-wei Fu, Kai Yin, Xun Li, Peng-yu Yang, Yu-chun He, Hao-nan Yu, Yin Huang and Christopher J. Arnusch

J. Cent. South Univ., 2025, 32, 3834
DOI: 10.1007/s11771-025-6073-5

A Ni-MOF-integrated magnetic-responsive superhydrophobic sponge for simultaneous capture of microplastics and oils: From experimental validation to DFT-based interaction mechanisms

Jinmei He, Mengge Cao, Jiehui Li, Dachuan He, Yuhang Gao, Menglin Zhu, Jin Zhang, Lei Zhu and Mengnan Qu

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2026, 14, 120938
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2025.120938

Facile construction of hydrophobic sponge by one-step strategy for the superior adsorption and recovery of leaked crude oil via photothermal conversion mechanism

Di Zhang, Kai Yue, Jingyuan Zhao, Ruirui Zhao, Xuejie Wang, Xinyue Liu and Wenhao Geng

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2025, 721, 137246
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2025.137246

Materials design and mechanistic insights for advancing marine oil spill cleanup by photothermal absorbents

Yaping Wang, Ruixiang Xu and Mohamed Mahmoud Nasef

Journal of Environmental Management, 2025, 393, 126978
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126978

Femtosecond laser-assisted cold-heat synergetic thermoelectric generation

Jianqiang Xiao, Jiaqing Pei, Kai Yin, Lingxiao Wang, Xinghao Song, Haonan Yu, Tingni Wu, Yin Huang and Ji-An Duan

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 522, 167924
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.167924

Candle soot nanoparticles covered femtosecond laser-induced graphene toward multifunctional wooden houses

Haonan Yu, Kai Yin, Lingxiao Wang, Xinghao Song, Pengyu Yang, Tingni Wu, Yin Huang, Xun Li and Christopher J. Arnusch

Carbon, 2025, 233, 119853
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2024.119853

Femtosecond Laser‐Regulated Microstructures for on‐Demand Functionalization of Magnetic Milli‐Robots

Ruyu Li, Ruokun He, Zhuo‐Chen Ma, Zhiang Zhang, Xiaofu Zhao, Yifei Yao, Shuyue Xu, Xiaosheng Yang, Hesheng Wang and Bing Han

Small Structures, 2025, 6
DOI: 10.1002/sstr.202500114

Novel and facile fabrication of aluminum-based hydrophobic material with superior photothermal/electrothermal energy conversion for the all-weather anti-icing/deicing of aircraft fuselage

Di Zhang, Ruirui Zhao, Guolong Li, Kai Yue, Jingyuan Zhao and Songnan Zhang

Progress in Organic Coatings, 2025, 205, 109313
DOI: 10.1016/j.porgcoat.2025.109313

Femtosecond laser-produced heterogeneous wettability surfaces for turning Leidenfrost drop spinning

Yao Liu, Kai Yin, Pengyu Yang, Duanhong Yan and Christopher J. Arnusch

Applied Physics Letters, 2024, 125
DOI: 10.1063/5.0221013

Stearic acid/CNT-wrapped superhydrophobic/oleophilic sponge with Joule-heating effect for efficient removal of crude oil

Duanhong Yan, Kai Yin, Yao Liu, Pengyu Yang, Jun He, Yin Huang, Fan Zhang and Christopher J. Arnusch

Applied Physics Letters, 2025, 126
DOI: 10.1063/5.0241597

Controllable oxidation of UHTCs thin film for high-performance solar spectral selective absorption coatings

Xiao-Li Qiu, Qing Xiong, Xiao-Wen Wang and Xiang-Hu Gao

Solar Energy, 2026, 305, 114247
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2025.114247

Solar-heating superhydrophobic sponge based on size-controllable polydopamine nanoparticles for fast crude oil recovery and photothermal deicing

Yuanlong Wu, Lei Dong, Xin Shu, Youfa Zhang and Qianping Ran

Separation and Purification Technology, 2025, 353, 128283
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2024.128283

Laser-enabled organic coating for sustainable PFAS-free metal surfaces

Mohammad Mohammadzadeh Sanandaji, Rahat Mollick, Albert Ratner and Hongtao Ding

Manufacturing Letters, 2025, 45, 8
DOI: 10.1016/j.mfglet.2025.06.198

Fabrication of SiO2/PDMS/EP superhydrophobic coating for anti-icing

Shiyuan Zhou, Jingran Chen and Shuai Huang

Resources Chemicals and Materials, 2025, 4, 100080
DOI: 10.1016/j.recm.2024.08.001

CuCo-LDHs-based photothermal and magnetic multifunctional sponge for efficient removal of oils and microplastics from water

Mengnan Qu, Siyu Li, Mengge Cao, Ziqi Liu, Kun Xue and Jinmei He

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2026, 14, 121382
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2026.121382

Fabrication of artificial microstructure arrays with low surface reflectivity on ZnS by femtosecond laser direct writing

Yongguo Wang, Zheng Hu, Jiecai Feng, Ze Tian, Bingdong Yang, Xiaohao Dong, Cuilian Xu, Hongfei Liu, Yilian Zhang and Yingzhong Tian

Appl. Phys. A, 2025, 131
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-025-08627-3

Sub-3 nm 1 T-MoS2 self-supported nanosheets with fast ion transport and bubble release for membrane-free water electrolysis

Minghui Hao, Chunhu Li, Zhaoxuan Ma, Mingrui Wu, Quan Li and Wentai Wang

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2025, 689, 137181
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2025.02.189

Wet chemical-assisted laser texture armored bionic superhydrophobic surfaces with anti-icing/corrosion property

Pengcheng Yan, Yuanyuan Hou, Yongling Wu, Mingming Liu and Hongyu Zheng

Surfaces and Interfaces, 2025, 65, 106458
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfin.2025.106458

Quantitative liquid storage and steerable boating enabled by bioinspired surfaces with patterned wettability

Zhirui Liu, Minghao Li, Haoxu Yu, Ziai Liu and Faze Chen

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2025, 723, 137360
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2025.137360