Organogels versus hydrogels: advantages, challenges, and applications

MA Kuzina, DD Kartsev… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Organogels are an important class of gels, and are comparable to hydrogels owing to their
properties as liquid‐infused soft materials. Despite the extensive choice of liquid media and …

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 …

Life and death of liquid-infused surfaces: a review on the choice, analysis and fate of the infused liquid layer

S Peppou-Chapman, JK Hong, A Waterhouse… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid-infused surfaces (or lubricant-infused surfaces)(LIS) are a new class of functional
materials introduced in 2011. Their exceptional properties have earned them a place at the …

Hierarchical Engineering of Sorption‐Based Atmospheric Water Harvesters

Y Song, M Zeng, X Wang, P Shi, M Fei… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Harvesting water from air in sorption‐based devices is a promising solution to decentralized
water production, aiming for providing potable water anywhere, anytime. This technology …

Bioinspired interfaces with superwettability: from materials to chemistry

B Su, Y Tian, L Jiang - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016 - ACS Publications
Superwettability is a special case of the wetting phenomenon among liquids, gases, and
solids. The superhydrophobic/superhydrophilic effect discovered initially has undergone a …

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 …

Advanced thermal systems driven by paraffin-based phase change materials–A review

R Gulfam, P Zhang, Z Meng - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Advanced thermal systems designed and fabricated through paraffinic phase change
materials have emerged quite fast until recently. However, most of the prior works have …

Bioinspired special wettability surfaces: from fundamental research to water harvesting applications

S Zhang, J Huang, Z Chen, Y Lai - Small, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Nowadays, the pollution of water has become worse in many parts of the world, which
causes a severe shortage of clean water and attracts widespread attention worldwide …

Recent advances of bioinspired functional materials with specific wettability: from nature and beyond nature

Y Sun, Z Guo - Nanoscale Horizons, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Through 3.7 billion years of evolution and natural selection, plants and animals in nature
have ingeniously fulfilled a broad range of fascinating functions to achieve optimized …

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” …