Nuclear fusion technologies are one of the most investigated lines of research to try to tackle the problem of finding a reliable, sustainable and environmental-friendly energy source. Notwithstanding all the efforts that have been put into it, there are still several issues that hinder its development: one of them is the interaction between the plasma and the plasma-facing components, because of the high energy and particle flux that the target surfaces are requested to bear. The currently adopted divertor technologies are still far from being able to withstand the fluxes that a future plant could supply and it is thus needed a design revolution.