Contact angle hysteresis: a review of fundamentals and applications
Contact angle hysteresis is an important physical phenomenon. It is omnipresent in nature
and also plays a crucial role in various industrial processes. Despite its relevance, there is a …
and also plays a crucial role in various industrial processes. Despite its relevance, there is a …
Spontaneous directional transportations of water droplets on surfaces driven by gradient structures
J Li, Z Guo - Nanoscale, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Spontaneous directional transportation of droplets on solid surfaces driven by structure
gradients has attracted much attention due to its large-scale applications, such as heat …
gradients has attracted much attention due to its large-scale applications, such as heat …
[PDF][PDF] Bioinspired conical copper wire with gradient wettability for continuous and efficient fog collection
As an efficient method to convert the potential water to the available water, fog collection [1–
3] has been attracting more and more attention with the emergence of the worldwide water …
3] has been attracting more and more attention with the emergence of the worldwide water …
Fog harvesting with harps
W Shi, MJ Anderson, JB Tulkoff… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Fog harvesting is a useful technique for obtaining fresh water in arid climates. The wire
meshes currently utilized for fog harvesting suffer from dual constraints: coarse meshes …
meshes currently utilized for fog harvesting suffer from dual constraints: coarse meshes …
Non-specific adhesive forces between filaments and membraneless organelles
TJ Böddeker, KA Rosowski, D Berchtold… - Nature physics, 2022 - nature.com
Many membraneless organelles are liquid-like domains that form inside the active,
viscoelastic environment of living cells through phase separation. To investigate the …
viscoelastic environment of living cells through phase separation. To investigate the …
Twisted fibers enable drop flow control and enhance fog capture
Drop–fiber interactions are fundamental to the operation of technologies such as
atmospheric fog capture, oil filtration, refrigeration, and dehumidification. We demonstrate …
atmospheric fog capture, oil filtration, refrigeration, and dehumidification. We demonstrate …
Leaf surface structures enable the endemic Namib desert grass Stipagrostis sabulicola to irrigate itself with fog water
The Namib grass Stipagrostis sabulicola relies, to a large degree, upon fog for its water
supply and is able to guide collected water towards the plant base. This directed irrigation of …
supply and is able to guide collected water towards the plant base. This directed irrigation of …
Functional fibers with unique wettability inspired by spider silks
Spider silk has been an attractive biopolymer since ancient times. Learning from both its
excellent properties and spinning process, silk provides people with inspiration to develop …
excellent properties and spinning process, silk provides people with inspiration to develop …
Adsorption and adhesiveness of kapok fiber to different oils
T Dong, G Xu, F Wang - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2015 - Elsevier
Adsorption and adhesiveness of single kapok to various oils, such as diesel, vegetable oil,
used motor oil and motor oil were quantitatively evaluated by size and adhesive energy …
used motor oil and motor oil were quantitatively evaluated by size and adhesive energy …
Bioinspired cone structures with helical micro-grooves for fast liquid transport and efficient fog collection
Y Guo, YQ Luo, L Liu, C Ma, C Liu, J Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
A cactus spine with a grooved cone structure provides an ideal model for designs capable of
transporting liquids directionally. Inspired by the cactus spine, a lot of artificial liquid …
transporting liquids directionally. Inspired by the cactus spine, a lot of artificial liquid …