Bioinspired Conical Copper Wire with Gradient Wettability for Continuous and Efficient Fog Collection

被引:326
作者
Ju, Jie [1 ,3 ]
Xiao, Kai [1 ,3 ]
Yao, Xi [2 ]
Bai, Hao [1 ]
Jiang, Lei [1 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Chem, BNLMS, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China
[2] Jilin Univ, Phys Chem Lab, Changchun 130012, Peoples R China
[3] Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Univ, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
关键词
bioinspired materials; conical copper wires; gradient wettability; fog collection; SURFACE-CHEMICAL GRADIENTS; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; WATER COLLECTION; DROPLET MOTION; DESERT BEETLE; LIQUID-DROPS; FABRICATION; MIMICKING; CAPTURE; UPHILL;
D O I
10.1002/adma.201301876
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
Inspired by the efficient fog collection on cactus spines, conical copper wires with gradient wettability are fabricated through gradient electrochemical corrosion and subsequent gradient chemical modification. These dual-gradient copper wires' fog-collection ability is demonstrated to be higher than that of conical copper wires with pure hydrophobic surfaces or pure hydrophilic surfaces, and the underlying mechanism is also analyzed. © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
引用
收藏
页码:5937 / 5942
页数:6
相关论文
共 33 条
  • [1] [Anonymous], 2004, CAPILLARITY WETTING
  • [2] Controlled Fabrication and Water Collection Ability of Bioinspired Artificial Spider Silks
    Bai, Hao
    Ju, Jie
    Sun, Ruize
    Chen, Yuan
    Zheng, Yongmei
    Jiang, Lei
    [J]. ADVANCED MATERIALS, 2011, 23 (32) : 3708 - +
  • [3] A flexible approach to the fabrication of chemical gradients
    Ballav, Nirmalya
    Shaporenko, Andrey
    Terfort, Andreas
    Zharnikov, Michael
    [J]. ADVANCED MATERIALS, 2007, 19 (07) : 998 - +
  • [4] MOTIONS OF DROPLETS ON SOLID-SURFACES INDUCED BY CHEMICAL OR THERMAL-GRADIENTS
    BROCHARD, F
    [J]. LANGMUIR, 1989, 5 (02) : 432 - 438
  • [5] Multi-scale modeling of a wound-healing cell migration assay
    Cai, Anna Q.
    Landman, Kerry A.
    Hughes, Barry D.
    [J]. JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY, 2007, 245 (03) : 576 - 594
  • [7] HOW TO MAKE WATER RUN UPHILL
    CHAUDHURY, MK
    WHITESIDES, GM
    [J]. SCIENCE, 1992, 256 (5063) : 1539 - 1541
  • [8] Bioinspired Electrospun Knotted Microfibers for Fog Harvesting
    Dong, Hua
    Wang, Nu
    Wang, Li
    Bai, Hao
    Wu, Jing
    Zheng, Yongmei
    Zhao, Yong
    Jiang, Lei
    [J]. CHEMPHYSCHEM, 2012, 13 (05) : 1153 - 1156
  • [9] Mimicking the stenocara beetle-dewetting of drops from a patterned superhydrophobic surface
    Dorrer, Christian
    Ruehe, Juergen
    [J]. LANGMUIR, 2008, 24 (12) : 6154 - 6158
  • [10] Drops on functional fibers: from barrels to clamshells and back
    Eral, Huseyin Burak
    de Ruiter, Jolet
    de Ruiter, Rielle
    Oh, Jung Min
    Semprebon, Ciro
    Brinkmann, Martin
    Mugele, Frieder
    [J]. SOFT MATTER, 2011, 7 (11) : 5138 - 5143