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Many research efforts have been carried out to identify materials that can confer self-cleaning properties on glass [1, 2], plastic [3, 4], metal [5-7], textile [8, 9] and ceramic tile [10, 11] surfaces. Midtdal and Jelle [12], for example, reported a study on self-cleaning glasses, now available on the market, and methods for measuring the self-cleaning property of such surfaces. The coating obtained from these materials can be hydrophilic, having either a strong affinity for water, or can be hydrophobic to repel water [13]. The water contact angle is a parameter used to evaluate whether a surface has hydrophilic or hydrophobic character. This angle is formed by a drop of the liquid at the point of intersection between the solid-liquid-vapor phases and lies between the plane tangent to the surface of the liquid and the plane tangent to the surface of the solid [14]. Fig. 1 represents a drop on a solid, where θ stands for the contact angle and γlv, γsv and γsl are the interfacial tensions between the liquidvapor, solid-vapor and solid-liquid phases, respectively. The pioneering correlation of the variables (Fig. 1) is calculated by Young’s equation (Eq. A), which represents the vector sum of forces (interfacial tensions) at the three-phase intersection point when a drop of a liquid rests on a solid surface. Young’s equation assumes an ideal solid surface, which is rigid and chemically homogeneous. The methods developed for the measurement of contact angles are: video camera on a goniometer, drop dimensions, sliding drop on an inclined plate, captive bubble and static Wilhelmy plate [14]. When the contact angle is less than 90°, the surface is hydrophilic, and if it is greater than 90°, the surface is hydrophobic. Moreover, when the contact angle is 0°, the surface is considered superhydrophilic, and if the angle is equal to or greater than 150°, the surface is superhydrophobic [13]. Fig. 2 illustrates the wettability from the interaction of Systems developed for application as self-cleaning surfaces and/or antimicrobial properties: a short review on materials and production methods