Bio-Inspired Surfaces for Fouling Resistance, Their Applications, Challenges, and Opportunities

Kewei Wang; Zijian Fan; Haochen Xie

doi:10.54254/2755-2721/2025.24245

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Wang,K.;Fan,Z.;Xie,H. (2025). Bio-Inspired Surfaces for Fouling Resistance, Their Applications, Challenges, and Opportunities. Applied and Computational Engineering,168,1-25.

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