Patterned Superhydrophobic Surfaces:  Toward a Synthetic Mimic of the Namib Desert Beetle

Nano Letters ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 1213-1217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Zhai ◽  
Michael C. Berg ◽  
Fevzi Ç. Cebeci ◽  
Yushan Kim ◽  
John M. Milwid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Superhydrophobic Surfaces ◽  
Namib Desert ◽  
Desert Beetle

scholarly journals Water Harvest from Air Inspired by the Namib Desert Beetle

2017 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 127-131
Author(s):  
Yuji HIRAI ◽  
Masatsugu SHIMOMURA
Keyword(s):  
Namib Desert ◽  
Desert Beetle

Namib desert beetle inspired special patterned fabric with programmable and gradient wettability for efficient fog harvesting

2021 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 85-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhihua Yu ◽  
Huimei Zhang ◽  
Jianying Huang ◽  
Shuhui Li ◽  
Songnan Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Namib Desert ◽  
Desert Beetle

Fog basking by the Namib Desert beetle, Onymacris unguicularis

Nature ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 262 (5566) ◽  
pp. 284-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILLIAM J. HAMILTON ◽  
MARY K. SEELY
Keyword(s):  
Namib Desert ◽  
Desert Beetle

Hybrid engineered materials with high water-collecting efficiency inspired by Namib Desert beetles

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (41) ◽  
pp. 6809-6812 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai Zhu ◽  
Zhiguang Guo
Keyword(s):  
High Water ◽  
Namib Desert ◽  
Collection Rate ◽  
Water Collection ◽  
Self Cleaning ◽  
Desert Beetle ◽  
Engineered Materials ◽  
Collecting Efficiency

A hybrid superhydrophobic material was successfully fabricated inspired by the Namib Desert beetle, which showed the efficient fog capture with a water collection rate of 1309.9 mg h−1 cm−2. And the sample possessed favorable robustness and self-cleaning property.

scholarly journals Recent progress in beetle-inspired superhydrophilic-superhydrophobic micropatterned water-collection materials

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen Chen ◽  
Zengzhi Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Recent Progress ◽  
Superhydrophobic Surfaces ◽  
Water Harvesting ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Beetle Species ◽  
Namib Desert ◽  
Wetting Properties ◽  
Scientists And Engineers ◽  
Potential Use ◽  
Unique Surface

Abstract Biological creatures with unique surface wettability have long served as a source of inspiration for scientists and engineers. More specifically, certain beetle species in the Namib Desert have evolved to collect water from fog on their backs by way of wettability patterns, which attracted an ongoing interest in biomimetic studies. Bioinspired materials exhibiting extreme wetting properties, such as superhydrophilic and superhydrophobic surfaces, have attracted considerable attention because of their potential use in various applications. Combining these two extreme states of superhydrophilicity and superhydrophobicity on the same surface in precise two-dimensional micropatterns opens exciting new functionalities and possibilities for a wide variety of applications. In this review we briefly describe the water-harvesting mechanisms of a genus of Namib Desert beetle, Stenocarpa, consisting of the theory of wetting and transporting. Then we describe the methods for fabricating superhydrophilic-superhydrophobic patterns and highlight some of the newer and emerging applications of these patterned substrates that are currently being explored. Finally, we provide conclusions and outlook concerning the future development of bioinspired surfaces of patterned wettability.

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