Bio-inspired anisotropic micro/nano-surface from a natural stamp: grasshopper wings

Tong Zhang; Mingzhu Li; Bin Su; Changqing Ye; Kan Li; Weizhi Shen; Li Chen; Zhongxin Xue; Shutao Wang; Lei Jiang

doi:10.1039/C1SM05366C

Bio-inspired anisotropic micro/nano-surface from a natural stamp: grasshopper wings†

Tong Zhang,^ac Mingzhu Li,^a Bin Su,^a Changqing Ye,^ac Kan Li,^ac Weizhi Shen,^ac Li Chen,^ac Zhongxin Xue,^ac Shutao Wang*^a and Lei Jiang^ab

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^a Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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^b School of Chemistry and Environment, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, P. R. China

^c Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China

Abstract

Bio-inspired micro/nano-surfaces with novel anisotropic functionalities were obtained by utilizing the outward wings of grasshopper as a natural stamp. The two-step replica exhibited anisotropic high hydrophobicity and light reflection.

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Bio-inspired anisotropic micro/nano-surface from a natural stamp: grasshopper wings†

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