|
Showing 1 - 1 of
1 matches in All Departments
Through natural evolvement in thousands of years, biosurfaces have
become highly adaptable to display their biological functions
perfectly. Interestingly, they have developed micro-/nanostructures
with gradient features to achieve smart wetting controls, such as
ultra-hydrophobic water repellency in lotus leaf, directional water
collection in wetted spider silk, directional adhesion in
superhydrophobic butterfly wing, and fog-collecting
hydrophobic/hydrophilic pattern on beetle back. These surfaces
provide endless inspiration for the design and fabrication of
functional interface materials with unique wettability, generating
promising applications such as micro-fluidic devices, functional
textiles, corrosion resistance, liquid transportation, antifogging,
and water-collecting devices. In recent years there has been an
exciting confluence of research areas of physics, chemistry,
biology, and materials science to develop functional micro- and
nanosurfaces. A kernel consists of organic materials with high/low
surface energy and regular/irregular order/disorder, which can be
rough/smooth and endlessly arranged and combined with various
styles of micro- and nanostructures. This book introduces recent
research on wettability of biological and bio-inspired surfaces. It
discusses the mechanism of smart wetting controls, such as water
collection/repellency on biological micro-/nanostructure gradient
interfaces. It suggests ways to mimic these biological features to
realize bio-inspired functional surfaces with unique wettability.
The book will help researchers innovate designs with novel
materials for future scientific works.
|
You may like...
Hampstead
Diane Keaton, Brendan Gleeson, …
DVD
R66
Discovery Miles 660
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.