The spread mechanism and the extreme infectivity observed for the SARS-CoV-2 virus during the recent pandemic have highlighted the necessity to develop self-decontaminating materials, which would be able to inactivate the virus and could be used for supporting surfaces or as filters, able to process large volumes of air. 

Despite ubiquitous, ice formation is a complex process with many open questions. For example, is there a way to decrease the ice adhesion to a material, with the goal of designing novel icephobic surfaces that can ideally remain ice-free?

In the field of energy conversion devices operating under hydrogen and oxygen like fuel cells, the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is of primary importance for the future energy transition. However, ORR necessarily requires an electrocatalyst to be exploited.