Influence of Cuticle Nanostructuring on the Wetting Behaviour/States on Cicada Wings

Fouling of nanostructured insect cuticle: adhesion of natural and artificial contaminants

(2011) Hsuan-Ming Hu et al.   BIOFOULING

A study of the anti-reflection efficiency of natural nano-arrays of varying sizes

(2011) Mingxia Sun et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

A Dual Layer Hair Array of the Brown Lacewing: Repelling Water at Different Length Scales

(2011) Jolanta A. Watson et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Non-wetting wings and legs of the cranefly aided by fine structures of the cuticle

(2011) H.-M. S. Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

How Micro/Nanoarchitecture Facilitates Anti-Wetting: An Elegant Hierarchical Design on the Termite Wing

(2010) Gregory S. Watson et al.   ACS Nano

Sub-15nm Optical Fiber Nanoimprint Lithography: A Parallel, Self-aligned and Portable Approach

(2010) Gorgi Kostovski et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Fabrication of Low and High Adhesion Hydrophobic Au Surfaces with Micro/Nano-Biomimetic Structures

(2010) Wenjie Zhao et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

The role of micro/nano channel structuring in repelling water on cuticle arrays of the lacewing

(2010) Gregory Shaun Watson et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Tip Geometry Controls Adhesive States of Superhydrophobic Surfaces

(2010) Zhongjun Cheng et al.   LANGMUIR

Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Surfaces with High and Low Adhesion Inspired from Rose Petal

(2010) Bharat Bhushan et al.   LANGMUIR

High contact angle hysteresis of superhydrophobic surfaces: Hydrophobic defects

(2009) Feng-Ming Chang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Wetting properties on nanostructured surfaces of cicada wings

(2009) M. Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Replication of cicada wing’s nano-patterns by hot embossing and UV nanoimprinting

(2009) Sung-Hoon Hong et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Fabrication of artificial Lotus leaves and significance of hierarchical structure for superhydrophobicity and low adhesion

(2009) Kerstin Koch et al.   Soft Matter

Fabrication of Hairy Polymeric Films Inspired by Geckos: Wetting and High Adhesion Properties

(2008) Woo Kyung Cho et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Putative Functions and Functional Efficiency of Ordered Cuticular Nanoarrays on Insect Wings

(2008) Gregory S. Watson et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Nanoimprinted optical fibres: Biotemplated nanostructures for SERS sensing

(2008) G. Kostovski et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

Petal Effect:  A Superhydrophobic State with High Adhesive Force

(2008) Lin Feng et al.   LANGMUIR

The fabrication of subwavelength anti-reflective nanostructures using a bio-template

(2008) Guoyong Xie et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Non-adhesive lotus and other hydrophobic materials

(2008) D. Quere et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

How does the leaf margin make the lotus surface dry as the lotus leaf floats on water?

(2008) Jihua Zhang et al.   Soft Matter