Cover Picture: Biomimetic Graphene Surfaces with Superhydrophobicity and Iridescence (Chem. Asian J. 2/2012)

Biomimetic fabrication is promising for functionalizing artificial materials with special properties learned from nature; superhydrophobicity is a typical example. However, a superhydrophibic graphene surface created by micro/nanostructuring has not been reported yet. As described in their Communication on page 301 ff. , Y. L. Zhang, H. B. Sun et al. present biomimetic graphene surfaces with both superhydrophobicity and bright structural color. The method is so simple that hierarchical micro/nanostructures and the modulation of surface chemical composition were realized synchronously by using two‐beam laser interference. The results obtained in this study demonstrate a facile approach to wettability control of graphene.