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Design of bioinspired, smart, multiscale interfacial materials with superwettability

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Learning from nature and starting from the lotus leaf, we have used a four-step strategy to develop a superwetting system ranging from two-dimensional interfaces to nanochannels and fibers. First, we explored unique superwetting properties in nature from lotus leaves, mosquito eyes, strider legs, rose petals, rice leaves, and butterfly wings, to fish scales, spider silks, and cacti. Second, we investigated the correlation between the multiscale structures and superwettability. Third, we designed target molecules to prepare bioinspired functional materials with promising applications, such as self-cleaning coatings, water/oil separation, water collection, and energy conversion. Finally, by combining two complementary properties and achieving reversible switching between them, we were able to develop bioinspired smart interfacial materials with superwettability.

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This research is supported by the National Research Fund for Fundamental Key Projects (2013CB933000) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21121001, 91127025).

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The following article is based on the Mid-Career Researcher Award presentation given by Lei Jiang at the 2014 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting in San Francisco. Jiang was recognized “For establishing fundamental understanding of the interfacial properties of biological systems and transforming that insight into commercialized bioinspired materials with properties better than those of natural systems.”

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Tian, Y., Jiang, L. Design of bioinspired, smart, multiscale interfacial materials with superwettability. MRS Bulletin 40, 155–165 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1557/mrs.2015.6

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