A mechanical hand-like functional surface capable of efficiently grasping and non-destructively releasing droplets

Flexible Functional Surface for Efficient Water Collection

(2020) Ming Liu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Bioinspired programmable wettability arrays for droplets manipulation

(2020) Lingyu Sun et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reversible Structure Engineering of Bioinspired Anisotropic Surface for Droplet Recognition and Transportation

(2020) Qian Li et al.   Advanced Science

Switchable Wettability and Adhesion of Micro/Nanostructured Elastomer Surface via Electric Field for Dynamic Liquid Droplet Manipulation

(2020) Yan Li et al.   Advanced Science

Micro–Nano Hierarchical Structure Enhanced Strong Wet Friction Surface Inspired by Tree Frogs

(2020) Liwen Zhang et al.   Advanced Science

Tip-induced flipping of droplets on Janus pillars: From local reconfiguration to global transport

(2020) Shile Feng et al.   Science Advances

Refreshable Braille Display System Based on Triboelectric Nanogenerator and Dielectric Elastomer

(2020) Xuecheng Qu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Directional liquid dynamics of interfaces with superwettability

(2020) Haoyu Dai et al.   Science Advances

Smart gripper based on electric-triggered superhydrophobic polyurethane arrays coated bucky gel composite membrane for reversible capture/release of both solid and liquid

(2020) Haiyang Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Multifunctional Janus Microplates Arrays Actuated by Magnetic Fields for Water/Light Switches and Bio‐Inspired Assimilatory Coloration

(2019) Shaojun Jiang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Biological and Engineered Topological Droplet Rectifiers

(2019) Jing Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Bioinspired Superhydrophobic Papillae with Tunable Adhesive Force and Ultralarge Liquid Capacity for Microdroplet Manipulation

(2019) Yinlong Tan et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A bionic stretchable nanogenerator for underwater sensing and energy harvesting

(2019) Yang Zou et al.   Nature Communications

Dynamic Behavior of a Droplet across a Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Boundary

(2019) Ming Liu et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Hierarchical Rose Petal Surfaces Delay the Early-Stage Bacterial Biofilm Growth

(2019) Yunyi Cao et al.   LANGMUIR

Electric-tunable wettability on a paraffin-infused slippery pattern surface

(2019) Wei Gao et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Magnetically Responsive Superhydrophobic Surface: In Situ Reversible Switching of Water Droplet Wettability and Adhesion for Droplet Manipulation

(2018) Chao Yang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Magnetically Induced Low Adhesive Direction of Nano/Micropillar Arrays for Microdroplet Transport

(2018) Yucai Lin et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Robust, self-cleaning, amphiphobic coating with flower-like nanostructure on micro-patterned polymer substrate

(2018) Wenhui Yao et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Droplet Motion on a Shape Gradient Surface

(2017) Yanfen Zheng et al.   LANGMUIR

Magnetically Responsive Elastomer-Silicon Hybrid Surfaces for Fluid and Light Manipulation

(2017) Zining Yang et al.   Small

A Switchable Cross-Species Liquid Repellent Surface

(2016) Yu Huang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Continuous directional water transport on the peristome surface of Nepenthes alata

(2016) Huawei Chen et al.   NATURE

Graphene-coated meshes for electroactive flow control devices utilizing two antagonistic functions of repellency and permeability

(2016) Rassoul Tabassian et al.   Nature Communications

Magnetic field-guided directional rebound of a droplet on a superhydrophobic flexible needle surface

(2016) Lei Wang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Dynamic Magnetic Responsive Wall Array with Droplet Shedding-off Properties

(2015) Lei Wang et al.   Scientific Reports

Magnetically Actuated Micropatterns for Switchable Wettability

(2014) Dirk-M. Drotlef et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

A Light-Responsive Release Platform by Controlling the Wetting Behavior of Hydrophobic Surface

(2014) Linfeng Chen et al.   ACS Nano

Temperature-Driven Switching of Water Adhesion on Organogel Surface

(2013) Xi Yao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Magnetically Actuated Patterns for Bioinspired Reversible Adhesion (Dry and Wet)

(2013) Dirk-Michael Drotlef et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Bioinspired Actuated Adhesive Patterns of Liquid Crystalline Elastomers

(2012) Jiaxi Cui et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Superomniphobic Magnetic Microtextures with Remote Wetting Control

(2012) Anton Grigoryev et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Magnetically Induced Decrease in Droplet Contact Angle on Nanostructured Surfaces

(2011) Qian Zhou et al.   LANGMUIR

Bioinspired self-repairing slippery surfaces with pressure-stable omniphobicity

(2011) Tak-Sing Wong et al.   NATURE

Programming magnetic anisotropy in polymeric microactuators

(2011) Jiyun Kim et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Uni-directional liquid spreading on asymmetric nanostructured surfaces

(2010) Kuang-Han Chu et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Tunable Adhesive Superhydrophobic Surfaces for Superparamagnetic Microdroplets

(2008) Zhongjun Cheng et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS