See-through surfaces: High transparency is required to use superomniphobic surfaces, which can be self-cleaning, stain-proof, anti-bio-fouling, drag-reducing, or anti-fogging, for smartphone screens, eye glasses, windshields, or flat panel displays. A spray-based method has now been developed that can fabricate transparent, flexible, and highly superomniphobic surfaces. HD=hexadecane.

Durchsichtige Oberflächen: Um superomniphobe Oberflächen, die beispielsweise selbstreinigend, schmutzabweisend, anti‐adhäsiv und beschlagsfrei sind, für Smartphone‐Displays (Bild), Brillen, Windschutzscheiben oder Flachbildschirme verwenden zu können, müssen diese hoch transparent sein. Eine Spraymethode wurde entwickelt, die transparente, flexible und superomniphobe Oberflächen herstellen kann. HD=Hexadecan.

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Hierarchically textured surfaces … … that can repel essentially all liquids, including different oils and alcohols, can be fabricated by a method that is described by A. Tuteja et al. in their Communication on page 13007 ff. As these superomniphobic surfaces are also transparent, they might find applications as smartphone screens, eye glasses, windshields, or flat panel displays. The image shows colored droplets of water on top of a transparent superomniphobic surface.