financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.52105303 and 52025053);Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province(No.20220101209JC);Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52021003).
Amplifying the intrinsic wettability of substrate material by changing the solid/liquid contact area is considered to be the main mechanism for controlling the wettability of rough or structured surfaces.Through theor...
supported by Key Scientific and Technological Projects of Jilin Province(20220201026GX,20220401083YY);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,Jilin University(2022-JCXK-15).
Surface-tension-confined microfluidic devices are platforms for manipulating 2D droplets based on patterned surfaces with special wettability.They have great potential for various applications,but are still in the ear...
This work was financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2020YFB1711300);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52275425);the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province for Distinguished Young Scholars(Grant No.2021B1515020087).
Learning hydrophobic phenomena from nature is always a promising approach to design the superhydrophobic surface.Purple orchid leaf which processes superhydrophobicity is an ideal plant model,and through mimicking its...
We fabricated a superhydrophobic modified ZnO/PVC nanocomposite cluster with antibacterial properties using the chemical precipitation method and selected solvent/non-solvent(THF/ethanol)to PVC.The effects of ethanol ...
Many co-workers contributed to the work described and to development of the ideas including,Dr.Prashant Agrawal,Mr Steven Armstrong,Dr.Linzi Dodd,Dr.Jian(James)H.Guan,Dr.Elfego Ruiz-Gutierrez,Dr.Halim Kusumaatmaja,Dr.Bethany V.Orme,Professor Khellil Sefiane,Dr.Ciro Semprebon,Professor Dominic Vella,Professor David Wood and Dr.Ben B.Xu.This work was financially supported in part by the UK Engineering&Physical Sciences Research Council(EPSRC grants EP/P005896/1 and EP/P005705/1)and Reece Innovation Ltd.
The problem of contact line pinning on surfaces is pervasive and contributes to problems from ring stains to ice formation.Here we provide a single conceptual framework for interfacial strategies encompassing five str...
This work is supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51735013,51675513 and 51875564).
Research on antistatic superhydrophobic surfaces has attracted widespread attention in some fields.However,in the application of superhydrophobic materials,fabricating stable and practical superhydrophobic surfaces th...
the China-EU H2020 International Science and Technology Cooperation Program(FabSurfWAR Nos.2016YFE0112100 and 644971);National Key Research and Development Plan Project(No.2018YFB1107403);Jilin Province Scientific and Technological Development Program(No.Z20190101005JH);the"111"Project of China(No.D17017)。
Metals are indispensable engineered materials for day-to-day life.Researches focused on metallic surfaces with superlyophobicity(superhydrophobicity,superoleophobicity,underwater superoleophobicity and slippery charac...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51671105 and 51705244);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(No.BK20170790);General Project of Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education(No.Y201737320);A Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.
This work is focused on the development of a facile strategy to fabricate superhydrophobic coatings,which are characterized with lower water freezing temperature and lower ice adhesion.First,a kind o f polyacrylic aci...
This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51671055, 51676033), the China National Key R&D Program (2016YFC0700304).
Hybrid wetting surfaces have been developed to enhance condensation heat transfer, water collection and seawater desalination, due to the advantages of high droplet nucleation efficiency and excellent removal effect. ...
In this study, gecko-inspired polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microfiber surfaces were fabricated by combining Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) and micro-mold casting. The effect of roughness and surface energy of cou...