Recent progress in bio-inspired macrostructure array materials with special wettability—from surface engineering to functional applications

Z Lian, J Zhou, W Ren, F Chen, J Xu… - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Bio-inspired macrostructure array (MAA, size: submillimeter to millimeter scale) materials
with special wettability (MAAMs-SW) have attracted significant research attention due to their …

Bioinspired magnetic cilia: from materials to applications

S Park, G Choi, M Kang, W Kim, J Kim… - Microsystems & …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Microscale and nanoscale cilia are ubiquitous in natural systems where they serve diverse
biological functions. Bioinspired artificial magnetic cilia have emerged as a highly promising …

Wetting ridge‐guided directional water self‐transport

L Wang, K Yin, Q Deng, Q Huang, J He… - Advanced …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Directional water self‐transport plays a crucial role in diverse applications such as
biosensing and water harvesting. Despite extensive progress, current strategies for …

Reconfigurable magnetic liquid metal robot for high-performance droplet manipulation

Y Zhang, S Jiang, Y Hu, T Wu, Y Zhang, H Li, A Li… - Nano Letters, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Droplet manipulation is crucial for diverse applications ranging from bioassay to medical
diagnosis. Current magnetic-field-driven manipulation strategies are mainly based on fixed …

Femtosecond laser thermal accumulation-triggered micro-/nanostructures with patternable and controllable wettability towards liquid manipulating

K Yin, L Wang, Q Deng, Q Huang, J Jiang, G Li, J He - Nano-Micro Letters, 2022‏ - Springer
Versatile liquid manipulating surfaces combining patternable and controllable wettability
have recently motivated considerable attention owing to their significant advantages in …

Femtosecond laser direct writing of functional stimulus-responsive structures and applications

Y Zhang, D Wu, Y Zhang, Y Bian, C Wang… - … Journal of Extreme …, 2023‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Diverse natural organisms possess stimulus-responsive structures to adapt to the
surrounding environment. Inspired by nature, researchers have developed various smart …

Triboelectric 'electrostatic tweezers' for manipulating droplets on lubricated slippery surfaces prepared by femtosecond laser processing

J Yong, X Li, Y Hu, Y Peng, Z Cheng, T Xu… - … Journal of Extreme …, 2024‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The use of'Electrostatic tweezers' is a promising tool for droplet manipulation, but it faces
many limitations in manipulating droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces. Here, we achieve …

Microscopic artificial cilia–a review

T ul Islam, Y Wang, I Aggarwal, Z Cui, HE Amirabadi… - Lab on a Chip, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Cilia are microscopic hair-like external cell organelles that are ubiquitously present in
nature, also within the human body. They fulfill crucial biological functions: motile cilia …

Bioinspired lubricated slippery magnetic responsive microplate array for high performance multi‐substance transport

K Shao, S Jiang, Y Hu, Y Zhang, C Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
In nature, many organisms have the ability to transport substances, such as bubbles,
droplets, or solids, on demand to meet their survival needs. Inspired by these distinct …