Wetting control is essential for many applications, such as self-cleaning, anti-icing, anti-fogging, antibacterial action as well as anti-reflection and friction control. While significant effort has been devoted to fabricate superhydrophobic/superamphiphobic surfaces (repellent to water and other low surface tension liquids), very few polymeric superhydrophobic/superamphiphobic surfaces can be considered as durable against various externally imposed stresses (e.g. application of heating, pressure, mechanical forces, chemical, etc.). Therefore, durability tests are extremely important for applications especially when such surfaces are made of "soft" materials. Here, we review the most recent and promising efforts reported towards the realization of durable, superhydrophobic/superamphiphobic, polymeric surfaces emphasizing the durability tests performed, and some important applications. We compare and put in context the scattered durability tests reported in the literature, and present conclusions, perspectives and challenges in the field.
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