Issue 1, 2019
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A

A bioinspired hybrid membrane with wettability and topology anisotropy for highly efficient fog collection†

Rongjun Hu,‡ab   Nü Wang, ORCID logo ‡a   Lanlan Hou,a   Zhimin Cui,a   Jingchong Liu,a   Dianming Li,a   Qingzhong Li, ORCID logo c   Hailong Zhangb  and  Yong Zhao ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a Key Laboratory of Bioinspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Bioinspired Energy Materials and Devices, School of Chemistry, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, P. R. China
E-mail: zhaoyong@buaa.edu.cn

b State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, P. R. China

c College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yantai University, Shandong, P. R. China

Abstract

Inspired by the asymmetric microgeometry of cactus spines and the alternate hydrophobic/hydrophilic micropattern of a desert beetle's back, we designed a hybrid membrane with asymmetric microtopology and anisotropic wettability that achieved highly efficient fog collection.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TA10615K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
05 Nov 2018
Accepted
27 Nov 2018
First published
28 Nov 2018

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019,7, 124-132

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A bioinspired hybrid membrane with wettability and topology anisotropy for highly efficient fog collection

R. Hu, N. Wang, L. Hou, Z. Cui, J. Liu, D. Li, Q. Li, H. Zhang and Y. Zhao, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 124 DOI: 10.1039/C8TA10615K

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