Nature-inspired adhesive systems

M Li, A Mao, Q Guan, E Saiz - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Many organisms in nature thrive in intricate habitats through their unique bio-adhesive
surfaces, facilitating tasks such as capturing prey and reproduction. It's important to note that …

3D‐printed micro/nano‐scaled mechanical metamaterials: Fundamentals, technologies, progress, applications, and challenges

R Su, J Chen, X Zhang, W Wang, Y Li, R He, D Fang - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Micro/nano‐scaled mechanical metamaterials have attracted extensive attention in various
fields attributed to their superior properties benefiting from their rationally designed …

Magnetic soft robots: Design, actuation, and function

H Wang, Z Zhu, H **, R Wei, L Bi, W Zhang - Journal of Alloys and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Driven by advances in soft material science, magnetic soft robots have recently attracted
significant attention owing to their remarkable reprogramming deformations under magnetic …

A review on fabrication and application of tunable hybrid micro–nano array surfaces

C Li, J Yang, W He, M **ong, X Niu… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The wettability and adhesion of biological surfaces often depend on their periodically
arranged hybrid micro–nano array structures. Various fabrication processes are designed to …

Recent Progress on the Development of Magnetically‐Responsive Micropillars: Actuation, Fabrication, and Applications

K Ni, Z Wang - Advanced Functional Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Stimuli‐responsive micro‐pillared structures can perform complex and precise tasks at the
microscale through dynamic and reversible deformation of the pillars in response to external …

Multifunctional electro-thermal superhydrophobic shape memory film with in situ reversible wettability and anti-icing/deicing properties

Y Wang, Y Sun, Y Xue, X Sui, F Wang, W Liang… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2022 - Elsevier
Shape memory polymer (SMP) surfaces can achieve wettability transition by controlling
microstructure have attracted great attention. However, attempts at achieving in situ …

[HTML][HTML] 3D-printed biomimetic structures for energy and environmental applications

J Li, M Li, JJ Koh, J Wang, Z Lyu - DeCarbon, 2024 - Elsevier
Biomimetic structures involve design and fabrication to mimic the natural world, taking
inspiration from the unique shapes, patterns, and functions of biological organisms. This …

Near-infrared light-responsive functionalised surfaces with shape memory microstructure for droplet manipulation and anti-icing/de-icing

Y Wang, Y Sun, Y Xue, F Wang, W Liang, Y Wang… - Surfaces and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Preparation techniques of functional surfaces by studying the correlations between the
macroscopic properties and microscopic morphologies of biological surfaces and by …

Adhesion switchable transition on bio-inspired Janus surface for multi-directional droplet manipulation

K Yang, S Chen, Y Liu, Y Liang, Z Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Achieving precise and rapid droplets manipulation in versatile directions transport remains a
considerable challenge, however adhesion switchable transitions deemed to be rather …

Magneto-responsive wettability-switchable surfaces for in-situ large distance droplets capturing-releasing-bouncing

K Wang, AN Bakhtiyari, Y Wu, M Liu, H Zheng - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, superhydrophobic magnetically responsive micro-plate arrays (SMMAs) with
reverse switching wettability were studied for in-situ capturing, releasing, and directional …