We introduce a new type of hybrid material: a nanostructured elastomer covered by a hard photoactive metal-oxide thin film resembling the exoskeleton of insects. It has extreme water repellency and fast self-recovery after damage. A new fabrication method for replicating high aspect ratio, hierarchical re-entrant aluminum structures into polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is presented. The method is b...

Compared to previously reported methods, we developed a facile dip-coating method endow cotton fabric (CF) with satisfactory conductivity, superhydrophobicity and microwave absorption performance based on the combination of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) hydrophobic octadecanoyl chain bonding. Silk nanofibers (SNFs) derived from silk were adopted as dispersant prepare individually dispe...