Directional and Adaptive Oil Self‐Transport on a Multi‐Bioinspired Grooved Conical Spine

Gradient Quasi‐Liquid Surface Enabled Self‐Propulsion of Highly Wetting Liquids

(2021) Lei Zhang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Designing Flexible but Tough Slippery Track for Underwater Gas Manipulation

(2021) Xinsheng Wang et al.   Small

Wax-wetting sponges for oil droplets recovery from frigid waters

(2021) P. Cherukupally et al.   Science Advances

Janus Membranes with Asymmetric Wettability Applied in Oil/Water Emulsion Separations

(2021) Rong Zhang et al.   Advanced Sustainable Systems

Biomimetic Porous Nanofiber-Based Oil Pump for Spontaneous Oil Directional Transport and Collection

(2021) Man Jia et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Three-dimensional capillary ratchet-induced liquid directional steering

(2021) Shile Feng et al.   SCIENCE

Magnetic-actuated “capillary container” for versatile three-dimensional fluid interface manipulation

(2021) Yiyuan Zhang et al.   Science Advances

Lossless, Passive Transportation of Low Surface Tension Liquids Induced by Patterned Omniphobic Liquidlike Polymer Brushes

(2021) Mohammad Soltani et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Bioinspired Topological Surface for Directional Oil Lubrication

(2020) Xing Li et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Programmable droplet manipulation by a magnetic-actuated robot

(2020) An Li et al.   Science Advances

Laser Direct Structuring of Bioinspired Spine with Backward Microbarbs and Hierarchical Microchannels for Ultrafast Water Transport and Efficient Fog Harvesting

(2020) Jian Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Bioinspired Superwettable Microspine Chips with Directional Droplet Transportation for Biosensing

(2020) Yanxia Chen et al.   ACS Nano

Programmable 3D Printed Wheat Awn-Like System for High-Performance Fogdrop Collection

(2020) Lin Xiao et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Ultrafast Self-Propelled Directional Liquid Transport on the Pyramid-Structured Fibers with Concave Curved Surfaces

(2020) Binbin Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

SLIPS-LAB—A bioinspired bioanalysis system for metabolic evaluation of urinary stone disease

(2020) Hui Li et al.   Science Advances

Continuous 3D printing from one single droplet

(2020) Yu Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Bioinspired liquid gating membrane-based catheter with anticoagulation and positionally drug release properties

(2020) Chunyan Wang et al.   Science Advances

Directional liquid dynamics of interfaces with superwettability

(2020) Haoyu Dai et al.   Science Advances

Directional pumping of water and oil microdroplets on slippery surface

(2019) Jieke Jiang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biological and Engineered Topological Droplet Rectifiers

(2019) Jing Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Multistimuli-Responsive Microstructured Superamphiphobic Surfaces with Large-Range, Reversible Switchable Wettability for Oil

(2019) Hujun Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Multifunctional Magnetocontrollable Superwettable‐Microcilia Surface for Directional Droplet Manipulation

(2019) Shuang Ben et al.   Advanced Science

Multibioinspired slippery surfaces with wettable bump arrays for droplets pumping

(2019) Xiaoxuan Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

One-step facile route to fabricate functionalized nano-silica and silicone sealant based transparent superhydrophobic coating

(2019) Zhenzhen Lu et al.   THIN SOLID FILMS

An Innovative Design by Single‐Layer Superaerophobic Mesh: Continuous Underwater Bubble Antibuoyancy Collection and Transportation

(2019) Yuzhen Ning et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Underwater Curvature-Driven Transport between Oil Droplets on Patterned Substrates

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

Ultrafast, Reversible Transition of Superwettability of Graphene Network and Controllable Underwater Oil Adhesion for Oil Microdroplet Transportation

(2018) Guomin Ding et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Flexible, Durable, and Unconditioned Superoleophobic/Superhydrophilic Surfaces for Controllable Transport and Oil-Water Separation

(2018) Feiran Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Additive manufacturing (3D printing): A review of materials, methods, applications and challenges

(2018) Tuan D. Ngo et al.   COMPOSITES PART B-ENGINEERING

Hydrophilic directional slippery rough surfaces for water harvesting

(2018) Xianming Dai et al.   Science Advances

Ultrafast water harvesting and transport in hierarchical microchannels

(2018) Huawei Chen et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Topological liquid diode

(2017) Jiaqian Li et al.   Science Advances

Underwater Spontaneous Pumpless Transportation of Nonpolar Organic Liquids on Extreme Wettability Patterns

(2016) Shuai Huang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Single-Step Fabrication of High-Density Microdroplet Arrays of Low-Surface-Tension Liquids

(2016) Wenqian Feng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Unusual Dual Superlyophobic Surfaces in Oil-Water Systems: The Design Principles

(2016) Xuelin Tian et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Switchable Cross-Species Liquid Repellent Surface

(2016) Yu Huang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Anisotropic Sliding of Water Droplets on the Superhydrophobic Surfaces with Anisotropic Groove-Like Micro/Nano Structures

(2016) Jiangyou Long et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Oil droplet self-transportation on oleophobic surfaces

(2016) J. Li et al.   Science Advances

Transparent and Superamphiphobic Surfaces from Mushroom-Like Micropillar Arrays

(2015) Su Yeon Lee et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Biomimetic super-lyophobic and super-lyophilic materials applied for oil/water separation: a new strategy beyond nature

(2015) Ben Wang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Bioinspired One-Dimensional Materials for Directional Liquid Transport

(2014) Jie Ju et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Janus Si Micropillar Arrays with Thermal-Responsive Anisotropic Wettability for Manipulation of Microfluid Motions

(2014) Tieqiang Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Janus Polymer/Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Membranes for Oil/Water Separation

(2014) Jincui Gu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Real-Time Manipulation with Magnetically Tunable Structures

(2014) Yangying Zhu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Chinese Brushes: Controllable Liquid Transfer in Ratchet Conical Hairs

(2014) Qianbin Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Directed Water Shedding on High-Aspect-Ratio Shape Memory Polymer Micropillar Arrays

(2013) Chi-Mon Chen et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Structured cone arrays for continuous and effective collection of micron-sized oil droplets from water

(2013) Kan Li et al.   Nature Communications

Surface tension confined (STC) tracks for capillary-driven transport of low surface tension liquids

(2012) Thomas M. Schutzius et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Droplet microfluidics for high-throughput biological assays

(2012) Mira T. Guo et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

A multi-structural and multi-functional integrated fog collection system in cactus

(2012) Jie Ju et al.   Nature Communications

Dynamics of Capillary-Driven Flow in Open Microchannels

(2011) Die Yang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Bioinspired self-repairing slippery surfaces with pressure-stable omniphobicity

(2011) Tak-Sing Wong et al.   NATURE

A Facile Template-Free Approach to Magnetodriven, Multifunctional Artificial Cilia

(2010) Jaakko V. I. Timonen et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Directional water collection on wetted spider silk

(2010) Yongmei Zheng et al.   NATURE

Uni-directional liquid spreading on asymmetric nanostructured surfaces

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