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Efficient water collection on integrative bioinspired surfaces with star-shaped wettability patterns

  • Hao Bai
  • , Lin Wang
  • , Jie Ju
  • , Ruize Sun
  • , Yongmei Zheng*
  • , Lei Jiang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
  • Beihang University
  • CAS - Institute of Chemistry

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5025-5030
Number of pages6
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume26
Issue number29
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 Aug 2014

Keywords

  • bioinspired
  • gradient
  • pattern
  • water collection
  • wettability

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