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Highly efficient reusable superhydrophobic sponge prepared by a facile, simple and cost effective biomimetic bonding method for oil absorption

Scientific Reports, 2021
Superhydrophobic sponges have considerable potential for oil/water separation. Most of the methods used for superhydrophobic modification of sponges require toxic or harmful solvents, which have the drawbacks of hazardous to environment, expensive, and ...
Jiaqi Wang, Yan Chen, Qinyao Xu, Miaomiao Cai, Qian Shi, Junkai Gao   +5 more
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Research progress of biomimetic superhydrophobic surface characteristics, fabrication, and application

Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2017
The biomimetic superhydrophobic surface derived from lotus effect is one of the hotspot issues in recent years and also a specific application case of biomimetic in modern industry.
Yunqing Gu, Wenqi Zhang, Jiegang Mou, Shuihua Zheng, Lanfang Jiang, Zhuangzhi Sun, Evan Wang   +6 more
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Wet adhesion and adhesive locomotion of snails on anti-adhesive non-wetting surfaces [PDF]

, 2012
Creating surfaces capable of resisting liquid-mediated adhesion is extremely difficult due to the strong capillary forces that exist between surfaces.
McHale Glen, Glen McHale (160737), Michael I. Newton (160744), McHale, Glen, Neil J. Shirtcliffe (160730), Shirtcliffe Neil J., Newton, Michael, Michael I Newton, Glen McHale, Newton Michael I., Shirtcliffe, Neil, Neil J Shirtcliffe   +11 more
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Biology and nature: Bionic superhydrophobic surface and principle

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022
Nature is the source of human design inspiration. In order to adapt to the environment better, creatures in nature have formed various morphological structures during billions of years of evolution, among which the superhydrophobic characteristics of ...
Shangjie Ge-Zhang, Taoyang Cai, Hong Yang, Yuyang Ding, Mingbo Song   +4 more
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Study of superhydrophobic concrete with integral superhydrophobicity and anti-corrosion property

Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2023
Due to the natural hydrophilicity of concrete, steel reinforced concrete structure is vulnerable to be corroded by chloride ions in marine environment.
Yayun Zhao, Lulu Lei, Qing Wang, Xiaodong Li   +3 more
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Study on the Synthesis and Performance of Superhydrophobic Microstructure Surface Coating on Underwater Target Shell [PDF]

Cailiao Baohu, 2022
The underwater target shell has clear technical requirements for the performance of the superhydrophobic microstructure surface coating which has great influences on the navigation resistance of the underwater target.
LUO Zhong, LIU Kai, ZHOU Xin, HU Junbo
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Superwetting interfaces for oil/water separation

AIP Advances, 2021
Superhydrophobic coatings have been applied in various fields. The materials used in the preparation of superhydrophobic coatings have attracted the attention of scholars.
Bin Deng, Wanrong Li, Bin Du, Rubai Luo, Shisheng Zhou   +4 more
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Electrowetting of liquid marbles [PDF]

, 2007
Electrowetting of water drops on structured superhydrophobic surfaces are known to cause an irreversible change from a slippy (Cassie-Baxter) to a sticky (Wenzel) regime.
Newton, Michael, Elliott, Stephen, Shirtcliffe, Neil, Herbertson, Dale, McHale, Glen   +4 more
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Plasma-enabled superhydrophobic coatings on mild steel

, 2023
This work demonstrates a new pathway to the direct on-surface fabrication of a superhydrophobic surface coating on mild steel. The coating was formed using dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma to convert a liquid small-molecule precursor (1,2,4 ...
Ostrikov, Kostya, Davies, Joseph, Hartl, Hugo, Will, Geoffrey, MacLeod, Jennifer   +4 more
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Large‐Scale, Abrasion‐Resistant, and Solvent‐Free Superhydrophobic Objects Fabricated by a Selective Laser Sintering 3D Printing Strategy

Advanced Science, 2023
Manufacturing abrasion‐resistant superhydrophobic matters is challenging due to the fragile feature of the introduced micro‐/nanoscale surface roughness. Besides the long‐term durability, large scale at meter level, and 3D complex structures are of great
Zhenhua Wu, Congcan Shi, Aotian Chen, Yike Li, Shuang Chen, Dong Sun, Changshun Wang, Zhufeng Liu, Qi Wang, Jianyu Huang, Yamei Yue, Shanfei Zhang, Zichuan Liu, Yizhuo Xu, Jin Su, Yan Zhou, Shifeng Wen, Chunze Yan, Yusheng Shi, Xu Deng, Lei Jiang, Bin Su   +21 more
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