Bioinspired Surfaces and Functions: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Biomimetics (ISSN 2313-7673). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomimetic Surfaces and Interfaces".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 February 2024) | Viewed by 5338
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Interests: biomimetic interface materials and infiltrative regulation
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Dear Colleagues,
Biological surfaces, e.g., lotus leaves, spider silk, cactus spines, butterfly wings, beetle backs, water strider legs, Nepenthes petals, feathers, gecko feet, fish skin, and compound eyes, have unique wettability and micro- and nanostructures for functions. Inspired by biological surfaces, surfaces with the isotropic micro- and nanostructures, anisotropic structures, heterogeneous wettable patterns, gradient roughness and conical geometry, spindle-knots and humped structures, and liquid-infused interfaces can be developed via bioinspired methods and techniques, including electrochemistry, soft lithography, dip-coating, microfluidics, electrospinning, imprinting, etc., to effectively achieve bioinspired surfaces, along with functions, such as fog-water harvesting, water repellency, anti-icing, nanofluidic, droplet transport, which would be related to application realms, etc.
In this Special Issue, the goal is to reveal novel bioinspired surfaces and functions investigated and designed in recent years, and advances in developing bioinspired surfaces for their applications.
This Special Issue will be focused on the design, fabrication, and technology of bioinspired surfaces, along with development in applications, such as anti-icing, water harvesting, droplet transport, heat transfer, droplet manipulation, fluid control, etc.
Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Anti-icing;
- Fog-water collection;
- Atmosphere water harvesting;
- Water/liquid repellency;
- Energy;
- Color;
- Fluid transport;
- Manipulation;
- Wetting/Non-wetting;
- Coating;
- Solar evaporation;
- Separation;
- Flexible.
Prof. Dr. Yongmei Zheng
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- bioinspired surface
- bioinspired micro and nanostructures
- bioinspired functions
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