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Highly efficient fog harvesting system achieved on slippery micro-grooved cones
The directional transport of liquid droplets on asymmetrical one-dimensional surfaces has broad applicability, from fog harvesting and oil/water...
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Robust patterned superoleophobic platform for efficient water harvesting
With the development of global industry and the increase of population, the shortage of freshwater resources has become a serious global challenge to...
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Core-shell-embedded Mesoporous Silica Capsules for Atmospheric Water Harvesting
A one-step ultrasonic mechanical method was used to synthesize a kind of atmospheric water harvesting material with high water harvesting performance...
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Spider-capture-silk mimicking fibers with high-performance fog collection derived from superhydrophilicity and volume-swelling of gelatin knots
Spider-capture-silk (SCS) can directionally capture and transport water from humid air relying on the unique geometrical structure. Although there...
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Atmospheric water harvesting: Prospectus on graphene-based materials
Fresh water scarcity is an identified global challenge that threatens the lives of humanity. Atmospheric water is advised as a huge renewable...
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Bridging materials innovations to sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting devices
The atmosphere contains 13,000 trillion litres of water, and it is a natural resource available anywhere. Sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting...
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Ultra-low reflection electromagnetic interference shielding nanofiber film with effective solar harvesting and self-cleaning
It is urgent to develop low-reflection electromagnetic interference shielding material to shield electromagnetic waves (EMW) and reduce their...
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A review on 3D printing of bioinspired hydrophobic materials: oil-water separation, water harvesting, and diverse applications
Bioinspired nanosurfaces with hydrophobicity and multifunctionality have stimulated wide interests in both basic research of fundamental wetting...
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An overview of surface with controllable wettability for microfluidic system, intelligent cleaning, water harvesting, and surface protection
Wettability is an important property of material surfaces, in which surfaces with controllable wettability have important application prospects in...
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Energy Harvesting in IoT-Enabled Flexible Sensors: Smart Sensing and Secure Access Control
Energy harvesting is a significant issue in IoT systems. Due to the resource-constrained nature of the device and system-specific requirements for...
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Bioinspired Triangular Patterns on Flat Surfaces for Water Harvesting
It has been mentioned in Chap. 3 , that cactus spines and spider silk take advantage of the conical geometry to drive water droplets by Laplace...
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Superhydrophilic–superhydrophobic patterned surfaces on glass substrate for water harvesting
Directional water harvesting is a special ability of flora and fauna in nature. Wettability-patterned surfaces inspired by natural structures have...
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Bioinspired Water Harvesting, Purification, and Oil-Water Separation
This book presents an overview of arid desert conditions and natural mechanisms for water harvesting from fog and condensation, providing data on...
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Selected Water Harvesting Mechanisms—Lessons from Living Nature
Water moves continuously above and below the surface of the Earth. Bodies of water, clouds, evaporation and condensation all are part of the water...
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Bioinspired Flat and Conical Surfaces for Water Harvesting
It has been mentioned in Chap. 3 , that beetles use surfaces, heterogeneous wettability cactus spines spider silk use conical geometryConical...
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Commercial Applications, Projections of Water Collection, and Design of Water Harvesting Towers
Bioinspired large water harvesting towers and portable water harvesting towers are of commercial interest. Large water harvesting towers can be used...
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Selective de-silanization assisted wettability patterning of aluminum surfaces
Hybrid surfaces with spatial wettability control are key for wider applicability in microfluidics, water harvesting, and inkjet printing. The...
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Bioinspired directional liquid transport induced by the corner effect
Many natural creatures have demonstrated unique abilities in directional liquid transport (DLT) for better adapting to the local environment, which,...
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A dual plasmonic core—shell Pt/[TiN@TiO2] catalyst for enhanced photothermal synergistic catalytic activity of VOCs abatement
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are ubiquitous organic pollutants affecting atmospheric environment and human health. The development of new...
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Spider Silk Supercontraction-Inspired Cotton-Hydrogel Self-Adapting Textiles
Smart textiles are able to self-adapt to an irregular surface. So, they found new applications in intelligent clothes and equipments, where the...
