Song Cheng, Zheng Yongmei
Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, PR China.
Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, PR China.
J Colloid Interface Sci. 2014 Aug 1;427:2-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2013.10.067. Epub 2013 Nov 9.
Creatures have evolved the unique wetting-controlled strategies on their surfaces to collect water for the sake of survival, such as Beetle back, spider silk and plant leaf as well, which inspires us to open the area of novel researches. In this feature article, we review the theoretical basis of wetting-controlling regarding of wettability and highlight the biological wetting-controlled strategies in water transport, and water collection, and also introduce some bio-inspired materials with water collection properties. It is significant to design the novel materials that would be used in the fields of responsive, smart catalysis, filtration and sensing besides water collection.
为了生存，生物在其表面进化出了独特的受润湿性控制的策略来收集水分，比如甲虫背部、蜘蛛丝以及植物叶片等，这启发我们开展新的研究领域。在这篇专题文章中，我们回顾了关于润湿性的润湿性控制理论基础，强调了生物在水分运输和收集方面的受润湿性控制策略，还介绍了一些具有集水特性的仿生材料。设计除集水之外还可用于响应性、智能催化、过滤和传感等领域的新型材料具有重要意义。
