Efficient Water Collection on Integrative Bioinspired Surfaces with Star‐Shaped Wettability Patterns
National Center for Nanoscience and Technology · Ministry of Education · +3 more institutions
Abstract
Inspired by the water-collecting strategies of desert beetles and spider silk, a novel kind of surface with star-shaped wettablity patterns has been developed. By combining both wettability and shape gradients, the as-prepared surface has gained higher efficiency in water collection compared to circle-shaped wettability patterns and uniformly superhydrophilic or superhydrophobic surfaces. As a service to our authors and readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied by the authors. Such materials are peer reviewed and may be re-organized for online delivery, but are not copy-edited or typeset. Technical support issues arising from supporting information (other than missing files) should be…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 11.74
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 41
Authors
6- HBHao Bai
National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
- LWLin Wang
Ministry of Education, Beihang University
- JJJie Ju
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- RSRuize Sun
Beihang University, Ministry of Education
- YZYongmei ZhengCorresponding
Ministry of Education, Beihang University
Topics & keywords
- Superhydrophilicity
- Wetting
- Materials science
- Star (game theory)
- Nanotechnology
- Surface (topology)
- Contact angle
- Polymer science
- Clean water and sanitation