The development of smart materials for environmental applications is a highly
innovative and promising new approach to meet the increasing demands from
society on water resources and pollution remediation. Smart materials with
surfaces that can reversibly respond to stimuli from internal and external
environments by changing their properties show great promise as solutions for
global environmental issues. Many of these functional materials are inspired by
biological systems, that use sophisticated material interfaces to display high
levels of adaptability to their environment.
Leading researchers present the latest information on the current and potential
applications of omniphobic slippery coatings, responsive particle stabilized
emulsions and self-healing surfaces among other functional materials. The