ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some concluding thoughts on key concepts discussed in this book. The book focuses on fabrication processes to obtain superhydrophobic and related properties, especially using metallic and inorganic materials. Indeed, these materials present unique properties, for example, in terms of thermal resistance, mechanical resistance, chemical and ageing resistance, optical (transparency, antireflection, photoluminescence), and electrical properties (conducting, semi-conducting, insulating). The book shows that these materials are especially produced using different strategies: etching in acidic media, plasma processes, laser treatments, etching in basic media, anodization, electrodeposition, electroless deposition, hydrothermal processes, use of nanoparticles, and chemical vapor deposition. The book has allowed us to bring together the strategies used in the literature by researchers and will help find new strategies to develop such kind of materials with superhydrophobic properties.
