Prewetting dichloromethane induced aqueous solution adhered on Cassie superhydrophobic substrates to fabricate efficient fog-harvesting materials inspired by Namib Desert beetles and mussels

Superwetting copper meshes based on self-organized robust CuO nanorods: efficient water purification for in situ oil removal and visible light photodegradation

(2018) Xiangyu Li et al.   Nanoscale

A simple way to achieve bioinspired hybrid wettability surface with micro/nanopatterns for efficient fog collection

(2017) Kai Yin et al.   Nanoscale

Desert Beetle-Inspired Superwettable Patterned Surfaces for Water Harvesting

(2017) Zhenwei Yu et al.   Small

Shape of a sessile drop on a flat surface covered with a liquid film

(2017) Martin Tress et al.   Soft Matter

Large-scale water collection of bioinspired cavity-microfibers

(2017) Ye Tian et al.   Nature Communications

A large-scale water-harvesting device with β-Al(OH)3 microcone arrays by simple hydrothermal synthesis

(2017) Handong Cho et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

A single-layer Janus membrane with dual gradient conical micropore arrays for self-driving fog collection

(2017) Feifei Ren et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Nature-inspired superwettability systems

(2017) Mingjie Liu et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Dramatic enhancement of the detection limits of bioassays via ultrafast deposition of polydopamine

(2017) Junwei Li et al.   Nature Biomedical Engineering

Biomimetic Water-Collecting Fabric with Light-Induced Superhydrophilic Bumps

(2016) Yuanfeng Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

High-Efficiency Fog Collector: Water Unidirectional Transport on Heterogeneous Rough Conical Wires

(2016) Ting Xu et al.   ACS Nano

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 Slippery Surfaces: Electric-Driven Smart Control of a Drop's Slide

(2016) Tianqi Guo et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Uni-Directional Transportation on Peristome-Mimetic Surfaces for Completely Wetting Liquids

(2016) Chuxin Li et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Biomimetic water-collecting materials inspired by nature

(2016) Hai Zhu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Hybrid engineered materials with high water-collecting efficiency inspired by Namib Desert beetles

(2016) Hai Zhu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

High-efficiency water collection on biomimetic material with superwettable patterns

(2016) Hai Zhu et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Bioinspired Interfaces with Superwettability: From Materials to Chemistry

(2016) Bin Su et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Condensation on slippery asymmetric bumps

(2016) Kyoo-Chul Park et al.   NATURE

Continuous directional water transport on the peristome surface of Nepenthes alata

(2016) Huawei Chen et al.   NATURE

Bioinspired Special Wettability Surfaces: From Fundamental Research to Water Harvesting Applications

(2016) Songnan Zhang et al.   Small

Efficient and Anisotropic Fog Harvesting on a Hybrid and Directional Surface

(2016) Jinbo Wu et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Mechanically Robust Superhydrophobic Steel Surface with Anti-Icing, UV-Durability, and Corrosion Resistance Properties

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

Bioinspired, Stimuli-Responsive, Multifunctional Superhydrophobic Surface with Directional Wetting, Adhesion, and Transport of Water

(2015) Yang Liu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Magnetically Induced Fog Harvesting via Flexible Conical Arrays

(2015) Yun Peng et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Functional “Janus” Annulus in Confined Channels

(2015) Pengcheng Gao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Wrinkled Graphene Monoliths as Superabsorbing Building Blocks for Superhydrophobic and Superhydrophilic Surfaces

(2015) Li-Bing Lv et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Fabrication of functional superhydrophobic engineering materials via an extremely rapid and simple route

(2015) Jie Guo et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

A multifunctional transparent superhydrophobic gel nanocoating with self-healing properties

(2015) Yifan Si et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Olympics will make water scarcity worse

(2015) Hong Yang et al.   NATURE

Robust self-cleaning surfaces that function when exposed to either air or oil

(2015) Y. Lu et al.   SCIENCE

Inkjet printing for direct micropatterning of a superhydrophobic surface: toward biomimetic fog harvesting surfaces

(2015) Lianbin Zhang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Bio-inspired humidity responsive switch for directional water droplet delivery

(2015) Xiaoyan Ma et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

A facile strategy for the fabrication of a bioinspired hydrophilic–superhydrophobic patterned surface for highly efficient fog-harvesting

(2015) Yuchao Wang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

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

(2014) Chengcheng Liu et al.   ACS Nano

Cactus Stem Inspired Cone-Arrayed Surfaces for Efficient Fog Collection

(2014) Jie Ju et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Facile and Large-Scale Fabrication of a Cactus-Inspired Continuous Fog Collector

(2014) Moyuan Cao et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

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

(2014) Hao Bai et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Nature's moisture harvesters: a comparative review

(2014) F T Malik et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Where does solar-aided seawater desalination make sense? A method for identifying sustainable sites

(2014) Emily A. Grubert et al.   DESALINATION

Bioinspired micro-/nanostructure fibers with a water collecting property

(2014) Yuan Chen et al.   Nanoscale

Air-stable droplet interface bilayers on oil-infused surfaces

(2014) J. B. Boreyko et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Water collection abilities of green bristlegrass bristle

(2014) Yan Xue et al.   RSC Advances

A simple route to transform normal hydrophilic cloth into a superhydrophobic–superhydrophilic hybrid surface

(2014) Ben Wang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Spatial Control of Condensation and Freezing on Superhydrophobic Surfaces with Hydrophilic Patches

(2013) Lidiya Mishchenko et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

NepenthesPitcher Inspired Anti-Wetting Silicone Nanofilaments Coatings: Preparation, Unique Anti-Wetting and Self-Cleaning Behaviors

(2013) Junping Zhang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A GIS Cost Model to Assess the Availability of Freshwater, Seawater, and Saline Groundwater for Algal Biofuel Production in the United States

(2013) Erik R. Venteris et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Hierarchical or Not? Effect of the Length Scale and Hierarchy of the Surface Roughness on Omniphobicity of Lubricant-Infused Substrates

(2013) Philseok Kim et al.   NANO LETTERS

Adaptive fluid-infused porous films with tunable transparency and wettability

(2013) Xi Yao et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Non-Covalent Self-Assembly and Covalent Polymerization Co-Contribute to Polydopamine Formation

(2012) Seonki Hong et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Fog as a Fresh-Water Resource: Overview and Perspectives

(2012) Otto Klemm et al.   AMBIO

Determination of Phosphite in a Eutrophic Freshwater Lake by Suppressed Conductivity Ion Chromatography

(2012) Chao Han et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Water harvest via dewing

(2012) Anna Lee et al.   LANGMUIR

Droplet mobility on lubricant-impregnated surfaces

(2012) J. David Smith et al.   Soft Matter

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

(2012) Jie Ju et al.   Nature Communications

Bioinspired Aquatic Microrobot Capable of Walking on Water Surface Like a Water Strider

(2011) Xinbin Zhang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Dynamics of Nanoparticle Self-Assembly into Superhydrophobic Liquid Marbles during Water Condensation

(2011) Konrad Rykaczewski et al.   ACS Nano

Bio-inspired Heterostructured Bead-on-String Fibers That Respond to Environmental Wetting

(2011) Xuelin Tian et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Condensation onto the Skin as a Means for Water Gain by Tree Frogs in Tropical Australia

(2011) Christopher R. Tracy et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

The water footprint of biofuel-based transport

(2011) Winnie Gerbens-Leenes et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Efficient fog harvesting by Stipagrostis sabulicola (Namib dune bushman grass)

(2011) M. Ebner et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Three-Dimensional Hierarchical Structures for Fog Harvesting

(2011) H. G. Andrews et al.   LANGMUIR

Bioinspired self-repairing slippery surfaces with pressure-stable omniphobicity

(2011) Tak-Sing Wong et al.   NATURE

Moisture harvesting and water transport through specialized micro-structures on the integument of lizards

(2011) Philipp Comanns et al.   Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology

Mussel-Inspired Polydopamine Coating as a Universal Route to Hydroxyapatite Crystallization

(2010) Jungki Ryu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

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

(2010) Hao Bai et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Fog-basking behaviour and water collection efficiency in Namib Desert Darkling beetles

(2010) Thomas Nørgaard et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Directional water collection on wetted spider silk

(2010) Yongmei Zheng et al.   NATURE

TiO2-based superhydrophobic–superhydrophilic patterns: Fabrication via an ink-jet technique and application in offset printing

(2009) Shunsuke Nishimoto et al.   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE

Do nations go to war over water?

(2009) Wendy Barnaby   NATURE

Bio-Inspired, Smart, Multiscale Interfacial Materials

(2008) Fan Xia et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Facile and Patternable Method for the Surface Modification of Carbon Nanotube Forests Using Perfluoroarylazides

(2008) Stefan J. Pastine et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Surface Tension Transport of Prey by Feeding Shorebirds: The Capillary Ratchet

(2008) M. Prakash et al.   SCIENCE

Superhydrophobic surfaces: from structural control to functional application

(2007) Xi Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY