“…The study and design of structured surfaces represents a new frontier for science, because unlike surfaces produced by conventional methods, they have specific functional performances [1,2], such as hydrophobic or hydrophilic [3,4], anti-corrosive [5,6], anti-icing [7,8,9], and osseointegration [10,11] properties, to name a few. As indicated by Wong et al and MacAulay et al [12,13], it is essential to develop efficient, high precision surface characterization methods for structured surfaces.…”