supported by the National College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program(No:202110895003,China);Pingxiang City Science and Technology Plan Project(No:2021C0102,China);National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.5217020839,52001175,China).
The surface of lotus leaves has a hierarchical micro–nano-rough structure.We determined that the papillary structure also possesses hierarchical features on the microscale.We used alumina particles as rough structure...
The bioinspiration is one of the best ways to make a breakthrough in a field,and particularly in the wetting properties.Bioinspired by natural species,such as rose petals and gecko foot,and previous researches,nanotub...
This work has been supported by CNRS GDR 2088《BIOMIM》。
Controlling the shape of surface nanostructures is fundamental for various potential applications for cxamples,in water harvesting systems,liquid transportation or oil/water separation membranes.In this paper,the crea...
We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from National Nanotechnology Center(NANOTEC),a member of National Science and Technology Development,Thailand.
In this work,bio-inspired concepts,including a Self-Healing(SH)and super hydrophobic structure,were used to produce slow-release of urea fertilizer.Following a bottom-up process,an SH layer on the urea granule was pro...
This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51273083 and 51405188) and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2015T80307).
Superhydrophobic surfaces are often found in nature, such as plant leaves and insect wings. Inspired by superhydrophobic phenomenon of the rose petals and the lotus leaves, biomimetic hydrophnbic surfaces with high or...
Honeybees have received public attention for their remarkable performance in low-altitude flying and their outstanding airborne hovering capability. However, minimal attention has been given to their capability to fly...
This study describes the dynamic behaviour of droplets of biological liquids on hydrophobic surfaces under electrostatic actuation, to devise sample handling in lab-on-chip diagnostic tools. Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA...
In this paper we present a method to create a hydrophobicity gradient on the surface of a Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) dry adhesive. The method consists of the partial silanization of the surface of the dry adhesive ...
Wetting and spreading processes which involve surfactant solutions are widely used in numerous industrial and practical applications nowadays.The performance of different non-ionic surfactants may vary significantly a...
The authors are grateful to the financial support provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 50635030);the Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education (Grant No. 105059).
The micromorphologies of surfaces of several typical plant leaves were investigated by scanning electron microscopy(SEM). Different non-smooth surface characteristics were described and classified. The hydrophobicit...