Natural and biomimetic artificial surfaces for superhydrophobicity, self-cleaning, low adhesion, and drag reduction

B Bhushan, YC Jung - Progress in Materials Science, 2011 - Elsevier
Nature has developed materials, objects, and processes that function from the macroscale to
the nanoscale. The emerging field of biomimetics allows one to mimic biology or nature to …

New approaches to nanofabrication: molding, printing, and other techniques

BD Gates, Q Xu, M Stewart, D Ryan, CG Willson… - Chemical …, 2005 - ACS Publications
“Nanofabrication” is the process of making functional structures with arbitrary patterns
having minimum dimensions currently defined (more-or-less arbitrarily) to be e100 nm …

Ultrasensitive mechanical crack-based sensor inspired by the spider sensory system

D Kang, PV Pikhitsa, YW Choi, C Lee, SS Shin, L Piao… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Recently developed flexible mechanosensors based on inorganic silicon,,, organic
semiconductors,,, carbon nanotubes, graphene platelets, pressure-sensitive rubber and self …

A wet-tolerant adhesive patch inspired by protuberances in suction cups of octopi

S Baik, DW Kim, Y Park, TJ Lee, S Ho Bhang, C Pang - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Adhesion strategies that rely on mechanical interlocking or molecular attractions between
surfaces can suffer when coming into contact with liquids,. Thus far, artificial wet and dry …

Micro-, nano-and hierarchical structures for superhydrophobicity, self-cleaning and low adhesion

B Bhushan, YC Jung, K Koch - … Transactions of the …, 2009 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Superhydrophobic surfaces exhibit extreme water-repellent properties. These surfaces with
high contact angle and low contact angle hysteresis also exhibit a self-cleaning effect and …

Bioinspired sensor system for health care and human‐machine interaction

J Xue, Y Zou, Y Deng, Z Li - EcoMat, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bioinspired sensor system leads the development of new generation sensor technology with
remarkable features like ultra‐sensitivity, low‐power consumption and self‐adaptability. With …

A nontransferring dry adhesive with hierarchical polymer nanohairs

HE Jeong, JK Lee, HN Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
We present a simple yet robust method for fabricating angled, hierarchically patterned high-
aspect-ratio polymer nanohairs to generate directionally sensitive dry adhesives. The …

Roadmap for optical metasurfaces

AI Kuznetsov, ML Brongersma, J Yao, MK Chen… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Metasurfaces have recently risen to prominence in optical research, providing unique
functionalities that can be used for imaging, beam forming, holography, polarimetry, and …

Contact angle, adhesion and friction properties of micro-and nanopatterned polymers for superhydrophobicity

YC Jung, B Bhushan - Nanotechnology, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
Superhydrophobic surfaces have considerable technological potential for various
applications due to their extreme water-repellent properties. A number of studies have been …

Fabrication approaches for generating complex micro-and nanopatterns on polymeric surfaces

A Del Campo, E Arzt - Chemical reviews, 2008 - ACS Publications
Recent innovations in the area of micro-and nanofabrication have created a unique
opportunity for patterning surfaces with features with lateral dimensions spanning over the …