Bioinspired materials for water supply and management: water collection, water purification and separation of water from oil

Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children Associated With the Flint Drinking Water Crisis: A Spatial Analysis of Risk and Public Health Response

(2016) Mona Hanna-Attisha et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Micropatterned Surfaces for Atmospheric Water Condensation via Controlled Radical Polymerization and Thin Film Dewetting

(2015) Ian Wong et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Design and Fabrication of a Hybrid Superhydrophobic–Hydrophilic Surface That Exhibits Stable Dropwise Condensation

(2015) Bikash Mondal et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Beyond water homeostasis: Diverse functional roles of mammalian aquaporins

(2015) Philip Kitchen et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS

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

Hierarchical Surface Architecture of Plants as an Inspiration for Biomimetic Fog Collectors

(2015) M. A. K. Azad et al.   LANGMUIR

Water desalination using nanoporous single-layer graphene

(2015) Sumedh P. Surwade et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Re-evaluating the resource potential of lomas fog oasis environments for Preceramic hunter–gatherers under past ENSO modes on the south coast of Peru

(2015) David Beresford-Jones et al.   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Biomimetic Approaches for Membrane Technologies

(2015) Reyhan Sengur-Tasdemir et al.   SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION REVIEWS

Effective directional self-gathering of drops on spine of cactus with splayed capillary arrays

(2015) Chengcheng Liu et al.   Scientific Reports

Bioinspired, roughness-induced, water and oil super-philic and super-phobic coatings prepared by adaptable layer-by-layer technique

(2015) Philip S. Brown et al.   Scientific Reports

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

(2015) Lianbin Zhang 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

Water Footprint of Hydraulic Fracturing

(2015) Andrew Kondash et al.   Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Mechanically durable, superoleophobic coatings prepared by layer-by-layer technique for anti-smudge and oil-water separation

(2015) Philip S. Brown et al.   Scientific Reports

Branched ZnO Wire Structures for Water Collection Inspired by Cacti

(2014) Xin Heng et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Ultrafast Oleophobic–Hydrophilic Switching Surfaces for Antifogging, Self-Cleaning, and Oil–Water Separation

(2014) P. S. Brown et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Cactus Stem Inspired Cone-Arrayed Surfaces for Efficient Fog Collection

(2014) Jie Ju et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

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

(2014) Hao Bai et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Why “improved” water sources are not always safe

(2014) Ameer Shaheed et al.   BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Superhydrophilic and superoleophobic chitosan-based nanocomposite coatings for oil/water separation

(2014) Jin Yang et al.   CELLULOSE

Facile creation of superoleophobic and superhydrophilic surface by using fluoroalkyl end-capped vinyltrimethoxysilane oligomer/calcium silicide nanocomposites—development of these nanocomposites to environmental cyclical type-fluorine recycle through formation of calcium fluoride

(2014) Tomoya Saito et al.   COLLOID AND POLYMER SCIENCE

Tunable nanoporous membranes with chemically-tailored pore walls from triblock polymer templates

(2014) Ryan A. Mulvenna et al.   JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE

Postmodification of PS-b-P4VP Diblock Copolymer Membranes by ARGET ATRP

(2014) Damla Keskin et al.   LANGMUIR

Aquaporins: important but elusive drug targets

(2014) Alan S. Verkman et al.   NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY

Water collection abilities of green bristlegrass bristle

(2014) Yan Xue et al.   RSC Advances

Bioinspired Conical Copper Wire with Gradient Wettability for Continuous and Efficient Fog Collection

(2013) Jie Ju et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Fusion behaviour of aquaporin Z incorporated proteoliposomes investigated by quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D)

(2013) Xuesong Li et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES

Hydrophobic High Surface Area Zeolites Derived from Fly Ash for Oil Spill Remediation

(2013) Tamilselvan Sakthivel et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Fusion of Bolaamphiphile Micelles: A Method to Prepare Stable Supported Biomimetic Membranes

(2013) Y. Kaufman et al.   LANGMUIR

Optimal Design of Permeable Fiber Network Structures for Fog Harvesting

(2013) Kyoo-Chul Park et al.   LANGMUIR

Fluid drag reduction and efficient self-cleaning with rice leaf and butterfly wing bioinspired surfaces

(2013) Gregory D. Bixler et al.   Nanoscale

Bioinspired tilt-angle fabricated structure gradient fibers: micro-drops fast transport in a long-distance

(2013) Yuan Chen et al.   Scientific Reports

Bioinspired Electrospun Knotted Microfibers for Fog Harvesting

(2012) Hua Dong et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

A sustainable approach to controlling oil spills

(2012) Abdul Aziz Al-Majed et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Why can a nanometer-thick polymer coated surface be more wettable to water than to oil?

(2012) Lei Li et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Superhydrophilic–superoleophobic coatings

(2012) Jin Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Synthesis of robust and high-performance aquaporin-based biomimetic membranes by interfacial polymerization-membrane preparation and RO performance characterization

(2012) Yang Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE

Leaf surface structures enable the endemic Namib desert grass Stipagrostis sabulicola to irrigate itself with fog water

(2012) A. Roth-Nebelsick et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

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

(2012) Jie Ju et al.   Nature Communications

Controlled Fabrication and Water Collection Ability of Bioinspired Artificial Spider Silks

(2011) Hao Bai et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Novel Superhydrophilic and Underwater Superoleophobic Hydrogel-Coated Mesh for Oil/Water Separation

(2011) Zhongxin Xue et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Assessing the efficacy of vesicle fusion with planar membrane arrays using a mitochondrial porin as reporter

(2011) Kamila Pszon-Bartosz et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Water permeation dynamics of AqpZ: A tale of two states

(2011) Lin Xin et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

A novel method of AquaporinZ incorporation via binary-lipid Langmuir monolayers

(2011) Guofei Sun et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES

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

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

Facile Removal and Collection of Oils from Water Surfaces through Superhydrophobic and Superoleophilic Sponges

(2011) Qing Zhu et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Pore Formation in Phospholipid Bilayers by Branched-Chain Pyrogallol[4]arenes

(2011) Saeedeh Negin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Processable Cyclic Peptide Nanotubes with Tunable Interiors

(2011) Rami Hourani et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Three-Dimensional Hierarchical Structures for Fog Harvesting

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

The Future of Seawater Desalination: Energy, Technology, and the Environment

(2011) M. Elimelech et al.   SCIENCE

Janus interface materials: superhydrophobic air/solid interface and superoleophobic water/solid interface inspired by a lotus leaf

(2011) Qunfeng Cheng et al.   Soft Matter

Preparation and characterization of pore-suspending biomimetic membranes embedded with Aquaporin Z on carboxylated polyethylene glycol polymer cushion

(2011) Honglei Wang et al.   Soft Matter

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

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

Filter Paper with Selective Absorption and Separation of Liquids that Differ in Surface Tension

(2010) Suhao Wang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

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

(2010) Hao Bai et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Ordered nanoporous membranes based on diblock copolymers with high chemical stability and tunable separation properties

(2010) Xianfeng Li et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

A review of reverse osmosis membrane materials for desalination—Development to date and future potential

(2010) Kah Peng Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE

Supported Lipid Bilayer Membranes for Water Purification by Reverse Osmosis

(2010) Yair Kaufman et al.   LANGMUIR

Cylinder Orientation Mechanism in Block Copolymer Thin Films Upon Solvent Evaporation

(2010) William A. Phillip et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Directional water collection on wetted spider silk

(2010) Yongmei Zheng et al.   NATURE

Hydrogels for in situ encapsulation of biomimetic membrane arrays

(2010) Sania Ibragimova et al.   POLYMERS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES

Natural and biomimetic artificial surfaces for superhydrophobicity, self-cleaning, low adhesion, and drag reduction

(2010) Bharat Bhushan et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Silicon Inverse-Opal-Based Macroporous Materials as Negative Electrodes for Lithium Ion Batteries

(2009) Alexei Esmanski et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Anatomical variation in Cactaceae and relatives: Trait lability and evolutionary innovation

(2009) R. Matthew Ogburn et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

S-layer stabilized lipid membranes (Review)

(2009) Bernhard Schuster et al.   Biointerphases

Natural zeolites as effective adsorbents in water and wastewater treatment

(2009) Shaobin Wang et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Semiconductors turn soft: inorganic nanomembranes

(2009) Francesca Cavallo et al.   Soft Matter

Modeling the impacts of feed spacer geometry on reverse osmosis and nanofiltration processes

(2008) Greg Guillen et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Mimicking the Stenocara BeetleDewetting of Drops from a Patterned Superhydrophobic Surface

(2008) Christian Dorrer et al.   LANGMUIR

Science and technology for water purification in the coming decades

(2008) Mark A. Shannon et al.   NATURE

Ion exclusion by sub-2-nm carbon nanotube pores

(2008) F. Fornasiero et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Multifunctional surface structures of plants: An inspiration for biomimetics

(2008) Kerstin Koch et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Diversity of structure, morphology and wetting of plant surfaces

(2008) Kerstin Koch et al.   Soft Matter

Designing Carbon Nanotube Membranes for Efficient Water Desalination

(2007) Ben Corry   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B