Underwater superoleophobic surfaces inspired by snail sells and fish scales have attracted considerable attention. A flat TiO
2 surface exhibited underwater superoleophobicity with an extremely high static oil contact angle (CA) of over 160° after UV irradiation. The TiO
2 surface almost completely repelled the oil droplet in water. A robust TiO
2 surface with no fragile nano-microstructure was fabricated on a Ti mesh with a pore size of approximately 150 µm. The fabricated mesh was found to be applicable as an oil/water separation filter.
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