With increasing demand for hygienic, self-disinfecting andcontamination free surfaces, interest in developing self-cleaningprotective materials and surfaces has grown rapidly in recenttimes. This new title comprises of invited chapters fromrenowned researchers in the area of self-cleaning nano-coatings andthe result is a comprehensive review of current research on bothhydrophobic and hydrophilic (photocatalytic effect) self-cleaningmaterials.