Vampire bat's tongue-inspired superhydrophilic flexible origami channel for directional and spontaneous liquid manipulation

Z Ye, J Zhao, Q Tong, X Wang, H Sun, H Bai… - Journal of Materials …, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Achieving continuous, directional fluid manipulation without external energy input is
promising in current systems. However, designing a spontaneous fluid manipulating system …

3D Wetting Gradient Janus Sports Bras for Efficient Sweat Removal: A Strategy to Improve Women's Sports Comfort and Health

S Min, Z Xu, Y Huang, X Wu, T Zhan, X Yu, H Wang… - Small, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Develo** Janus fabrics with excellent one‐way sweat transport capacity is an attractive
way for providing comfort sensation and protecting the health during exercise. In this work, a …

Advances in the durability of biomimetic superamphiphobic surfaces

L Zhang, P Zhang, Z Guo - Nano Today, 2025‏ - Elsevier
The preparation of biomimetic wettable surfaces usually relies on surface roughness and
chemical modification. From the exploration of superhydrophobic surface structures to the …

Fast-Develo** Dynamic Radiative Thermal Management: Full-Scale Fundamentals, Switching Methods, Applications, and Challenges

L **e, X Wang, Y Bai, X Zou, X Liu - Nano-Micro Letters, 2025‏ - Springer
Rapid population growth in recent decades has intensified both the global energy crisis and
the challenges posed by climate change, including global warming. Currently, the increased …

Dual-Liquid-Diode Janus Mesh with Multisuperwettability for Unidirectional Oil–Water Transportation

P Wei, F Li, F Chen, Y Pan… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Natural biological surfaces enable directional liquid transport and storage due to the specific
characteristics and surface morphologies. Inspired by these natural mechanisms, it is of …

Janus Spherical Robot With Multiple Wettabilities for Droplet/Bubble Manipulation

Z Zhao, S He, A Yu, S Wang, H Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
The flexible manipulation and directional transport of fluids, including droplets and bubbles,
are foundational to numerous applications. Fluid manipulation based on external field …

Durability Improvement Strategies for Wettable Fog Harvesting Devices Inspired by Spider Silk Fiber: A review

Z Guo, Q Wang - Nanoscale, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Water scarcity is a persistent challenge, and in this case, the freshwater content in the air
and water collection phenomena observed in nature provide ideas for fog harvesting. The …

Fabrication and energy collection of PDMS/dimethylsilicone oil superhydrophobic high tensile film

P Zhang, R Jiang, B Li, A Liang, X Chen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2025‏ - Elsevier
Superhydrophobic surfaces have broad application prospects in droplet transport, sensors,
microfluidics and other fields. However, most of the superhydrophobic surfaces are …

Janus Flexible Device with Microcone Channels for Sampling and Analysis of Biological Microfluidics

Y Zhu, H Niu, Y Wang, G Li, B Qiu, M Zhang, F Yan… - Langmuir, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Controlling the spontaneous directional transport of droplets plays an important role in the
application of microchemical reactions and microdroplet detection. Although the relevant …

A superhydrophobic surface fabricated by a femtosecond laser for fog collection: Efficient droplet-growing and droplet-shedding

L Hu, W Wang, A Pan, W Duan, X Mei, M Zhou - Optics & Laser Technology, 2025‏ - Elsevier
The development of fog collection surfaces has attracted considerable interest as a potential
solution for global water scarcity issues. Nevertheless, there is an inherent contradiction …