Issue 13, 2020

A fog-collecting surface mimicking the Namib beetle: its water collection efficiency and influencing factors

Abstract

Shortage of water resources and deterioration of water quality are becoming more and more serious today. Inspired by Namib Desert beetles, scientists designed biomimetic fog collection materials to obtain fresh water. The overview of this field is limited and mainly concerned with the preparation and application. In this paper, we focused on the water collection efficiency of surfaces inspired by beetles and discussed their influence on the water collection efficiency from three aspects: surface wettability, surface structure and surface pattern distribution.

Graphical abstract: A fog-collecting surface mimicking the Namib beetle: its water collection efficiency and influencing factors

Article information

Article type
Minireview
Submitted
24 Ker. 2019
Accepted
23 Cʼhwe. 2020
First published
24 Cʼhwe. 2020

Nanoscale, 2020,12, 6921-6936

A fog-collecting surface mimicking the Namib beetle: its water collection efficiency and influencing factors

J. Lei and Z. Guo, Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 6921 DOI: 10.1039/C9NR10808D

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