Biomimetic "water strider leg" with highly refined nanogroove structure and remarkable water-repellent performance

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 16237-16242

  Bai, Fan ^a   Wu, Juntao ^a   Gong, Guangming ^a   Guo, Lin ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomimetic; Electrospinning; Nanogroove surface; Water strider leg; Water repellent performance

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BIOMIMETICS; ELECTROSPINNING; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY;

APPLIED MATERIALS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; MICRO-NANO STRUCTURES; NANOGROOVES; SACRIFICIAL TEMPLATE METHODS; SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; WATER REPELLENTS; WATER STRIDERS;

WATERPROOFING;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; NANOMATERIAL; WATER;

ANIMAL; BIOMIMETICS; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HETEROPTERA; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; HETEROPTERA; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 84912035571     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5044054     Document Type: Article

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