Role of chemistry in bio-inspired liquid wettability

A Shome, A Das, A Borbora, M Dhar… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemistry and topography are the two distinct available tools for customizing different bio-
inspired liquid wettability including superhydrophobicity, superamphiphobicity, underwater …

Bioinspired superwetting materials for water manipulation

X Leng, L Sun, Y Long, Y Lu - Droplet, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Water manipulation is crucial for a wide range of engineering applications, such as
microfluidics, heat transfer, desalination, and water harvesting. Despite scientific …

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 …

Programmable droplet manipulation by a magnetic-actuated robot

A Li, H Li, Z Li, Z Zhao, K Li, M Li, Y Song - Science advances, 2020 - science.org
Droplet manipulations are fundamental to numerous applications, such as water collection,
medical diagnostics, and drug delivery. Structure-based liquid operations have been widely …

Programmable wettability on photocontrolled graphene film

J Wang, W Gao, H Zhang, M Zou, Y Chen, Y Zhao - Science Advances, 2018 - science.org
Surface materials with specific wettability play important roles in a wide variety of areas from
science to industry. We present a novel paraffin-infused porous graphene film (PIPGF) with …

Slippery lubricant‐infused surfaces: properties and emerging applications

J Li, E Ueda, D Paulssen… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Bioinspired lubricant‐infused surfaces exhibit various unique properties attributed to their
liquid‐like and molecularly smooth nature. Excellent liquid repellency and “slippery” …

Multifunctional ferrofluid-infused surfaces with reconfigurable multiscale topography

W Wang, JVI Timonen, A Carlson, DM Drotlef… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Develo** adaptive materials with geometries that change in response to external stimuli
provides fundamental insights into the links between the physical forces involved and the …

Wetting ridge assisted programmed magnetic actuation of droplets on ferrofluid-infused surface

J Zhang, X Wang, Z Wang, S Pan, B Yi, L Ai… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Flexible actuation of droplets is crucial for biomedical and industrial applications. Hence,
various approaches using optical, electrical, and magnetic forces have been exploited to …

Liquid and liquid-like surfaces/coatings that readily slide fluids

JV Buddingh, A Hozumi, G Liu - Progress in polymer science, 2021 - Elsevier
While superhydrophobic structured surfaces have been studied extensively, they do not
readily repel low surface tension liquids. Recently developed liquid and liquid-like surfaces …

Mimicking nature to control bio-material surface wetting and adhesion

M Li, C Li, BRK Blackman… - International Materials …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Nature has developed unique strategies to refine and optimise structural performance.
Using surfaces designed at multiple length scales, from micro to nano levels, combined with …