Directional Fluid Transport in Thin Porous Materials and its Functional Applications

Directional Water Transport Fabrics with Durable Ultra-High One-Way Transport Capacity

(2016) Chao Zeng et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Selective, Spontaneous One-Way Oil-Transport Fabrics and Their Novel Use for Gauging Liquid Surface Tension

(2015) Hongxia Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Superhydrophobic “Pump”: Continuous and Spontaneous Antigravity Water Delivery

(2015) Moyuan Cao et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Under-water unidirectional air penetration via a Janus mesh

(2015) Jingwei Chen et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Directional, passive liquid transport: the Texas horned lizard as a model for a biomimetic ‘liquid diode’

(2015) Philipp Comanns et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

A versatile valving toolkit for automating fluidic operations in paper microfluidic devices

(2015) Bhushan J. Toley et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Cooperative Janus System for Enhancement of Fog Collection

(2015) Moyuan Cao et al.   Small

Effect of Design and Method of Creating Wicking Channels on Moisture Management and Air Permeability of Cotton Fabrics

(2015) Ahsan Nazir et al.   Journal of Natural Fibers

Active porous valves for plug actuation and plug flow manipulation in open channel fluidics

(2015) N. Vourdas et al.   RSC Advances

Bioinspired One-Dimensional Materials for Directional Liquid Transport

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

The Fluid Diode: Tunable Unidirectional Flow through Porous Substrates

(2014) Joseph E. Mates et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Tailoring Surface Hydrophilicity of Porous Electrospun Nanofibers to Enhance Capillary and Push–Pull Effects for Moisture Wicking

(2014) Yuliang Dong et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Asymmetric Ratchet Effect for Directional Transport of Fog Drops on Static and Dynamic Butterfly Wings

(2014) Chengcheng Liu et al.   ACS Nano

Droplet and Fluid Gating by Biomimetic Janus Membranes

(2014) Xuelin Tian et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Efficient Water Collection on Integrative Bioinspired Surfaces with Star-Shaped Wettability Patterns

(2014) Hao Bai et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Programming Fluid Transport in Paper-Based Microfluidic Devices Using Razor-Crafted Open Channels

(2014) Dimosthenis L. Giokas et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

A novel transdermal drug delivery system based on self-adhesive Janus nanofibrous film with high breathability and monodirectional water-penetration

(2014) Yongli Shi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE-POLYMER EDITION

Robust, Superamphiphobic Fabric with Multiple Self-Healing Ability against Both Physical and Chemical Damages

(2013) Hongxia Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Tunable-Delay Shunts for Paper Microfluidic Devices

(2013) Bhushan J. Toley et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Temperature-triggered directional motion of tiny water droplets on bioinspired fibers in humidity

(2013) Yongping Hou et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

One-way wicking in open micro-channels controlled by channel topography

(2013) Jiansheng Feng et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

ToF-SIMS Analysis of UV-Switchable TiO2-Nanoparticle-Coated Paper Surface

(2013) Milena Stepien et al.   LANGMUIR

Topography-Based Surface Tension Gradients to Facilitate Water Droplet Movement on Laser-Etched Copper Substrates

(2013) A. D. Sommers et al.   LANGMUIR

Superphobicity/philicity Janus Fabrics with Switchable, Spontaneous, Directional Transport Ability to Water and Oil Fluids

(2013) Hua Zhou et al.   Scientific Reports

Robust, Self-Healing Superamphiphobic Fabrics Prepared by Two-Step Coating of Fluoro-Containing Polymer, Fluoroalkyl Silane, and Modified Silica Nanoparticles

(2012) Hua Zhou et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Controlling Liquid Drops with Texture Ratchets

(2012) Todd A. Duncombe et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Bioinspired Electrospun Knotted Microfibers for Fog Harvesting

(2012) Hua Dong et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

A fluidic diode, valves, and a sequential-loading circuit fabricated on layered paper

(2012) Hong Chen et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Anisotropic liquid penetration arising from a cross-sectional wettability gradient

(2012) Xuelin Tian et al.   Soft Matter

Unidirectional water-penetration composite fibrous film via electrospinning

(2012) Jing Wu et al.   Soft Matter

Bioinspired spindle-knotted fibers with a strong water-collecting ability from a humid environment

(2012) Yuan Chen et al.   Soft Matter

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

(2012) Jie Ju et al.   Nature Communications

Durable, Self-Healing Superhydrophobic and Superoleophobic Surfaces from Fluorinated-Decyl Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane and Hydrolyzed Fluorinated Alkyl Silane

(2011) Hongxia Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Fabrics with self-adaptive wettability controlled by “light-and-dark”

(2011) Yeeyee Kong et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Large-Scale Fabrication of Bioinspired Fibers for Directional Water Collection

(2011) Hao Bai et al.   Small

Direction Controlled Driving of Tiny Water Drops on Bioinspired Artificial Spider Silks

(2010) Hao Bai et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Directional water-transfer through fabrics induced by asymmetric wettability

(2010) Hongxia Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Water-Collecting Capability of Radial-Wettability Gradient Surfaces Generated by Controlled Surface Reactions

(2010) Daewha Hong et al.   LANGMUIR

Directional water collection on wetted spider silk

(2010) Yongmei Zheng et al.   NATURE

A microchip fabricated with a vapor-diffusion self-assembled-monolayer method to transport droplets across superhydrophobic to hydrophilic surfaces

(2009) Yu-Hsuan Lai et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Biomimetics of Plant Structure in Textile Fabrics for the Improvement of Water Transport Properties

(2009) Manas Sarkar et al.   TEXTILE RESEARCH JOURNAL

Droplet microfluidics

(2008) Shia-Yen Teh et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

The transpiration of water at negative pressures in a synthetic tree

(2008) Tobias D. Wheeler et al.   NATURE

Surface-chemical and -morphological gradients

(2008) Sara Morgenthaler et al.   Soft Matter

Control of water droplet motion by alteration of roughness gradient on silicon wafer by laser surface treatment

(2008) Cheng Sun et al.   THIN SOLID FILMS