Biomimetic water-collecting materials inspired by nature | |
Department | 固体润滑国家重点实验室 |
Zhu H(朱海)1,2; Guo ZG(郭志光)1,2; Liu WM(刘维民)2; Guo ZG(郭志光) | |
2016 | |
Source Publication | Chemical Communications |
ISSN | 1359-7345 |
Volume | 52Issue:20Pages:3863-3879 |
Abstract | Nowadays, water shortage is a severe issue all over the world, especially in some arid and undeveloped areas. Interestingly, a variety of natural creatures can collect water from fog, which can provide a source of inspiration to develop novel and functional water-collecting materials. Recently, as an increasingly hot research topic, bioinspired materials with the water collection ability have captured vast scientific attention in both practical applications and fundamental research studies. In this review, we summarize the mechanisms of water collection in various natural creatures and present the fabrications, functions, applications, and new developments of bioinspired materials in recent years. The theoretical basis related to the phenomenon of water collection containing wetting behaviors and water droplet transportations is described in the beginning, i.e., the Young's equation, Wenzel model, Cassie model, surface energy gradient model and Laplace pressure equation. Then, the water collection mechanisms of three typical and widely researched natural animals and plants are discussed and their corresponding bioinspired materials are simultaneously detailed, which are cactus, spider, and desert beetles, respectively. This is followed by introducing another eight animals and plants (butterfly, shore birds, wheat awns, green bristlegrass, the Cotula fallax plant, Namib grass, green tree frogs and Australian desert lizards) that are rarely reported, exhibiting water collection properties or similar water droplet transportation. Finally, conclusions and outlook concerning the future development of bioinspired fog-collecting materials are presented. |
Subject Area | 材料科学与物理化学 |
DOI | 10.1039/c5cc09867j |
Funding Organization | the National Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 51522510);the "Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists" of Hubei Province (2012FFA002);the Co-joint Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences;the "Top Hundred Talents" Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Indexed By | SCI |
If | 6.319 |
Language | 英语 |
Funding Project | 空间润滑材料组 |
compositor | 第二作者单位 |
Citation statistics | |
Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.licp.cn/handle/362003/19776 |
Collection | 固体润滑国家重点实验室(LSL) |
Corresponding Author | Guo ZG(郭志光) |
Affiliation | 1.Hubei Collaborative Innovation Centre for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Green Preparation and Application of Functional Materials, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, People's Republic of China 2.State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Zhu H,Guo ZG,Liu WM,et al. Biomimetic water-collecting materials inspired by nature[J]. Chemical Communications,2016,52(20):3863-3879. |
APA | Zhu H,Guo ZG,Liu WM,&郭志光.(2016).Biomimetic water-collecting materials inspired by nature.Chemical Communications,52(20),3863-3879. |
MLA | Zhu H,et al."Biomimetic water-collecting materials inspired by nature".Chemical Communications 52.20(2016):3863-3879. |
Files in This Item: | ||||||
File Name/Size | DocType | Version | Access | License | ||
c5cc09867j.pdf(7018KB) | 期刊论文 | 作者接受稿 | 开放获取 | CC BY-NC-SA | View Application Full Text |
Items in the repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.
Edit Comment