Nature's moisture harvesters: A comparative review

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Malik, F T ^a   Clement, R M ^a   Gethin, D T ^a   Krawszik, W ^a   Parker, A R ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

airborne moisture; biomimetics; dew condenser; fog harvesting; plants and animals

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ARID REGIONS; BIOMIMETICS; HARVESTING; WATER CONSERVATION;

BIOMIMETIC PRINCIPLES; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; ENGINEERED DEVICES; HARVESTING DEVICES; SURFACE FEATURE; WATER FLOWS; WATER HARVESTING;

MOISTURE;

WATER;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; DIFFUSION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PLANTS; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 84899509492     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/9/3/031002     Document Type: Review

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