Water-repellent materials: A few tricks we learnt from nature, and beyond

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Abstract

The natural world (plants, animals) offers countless recipes to control and manipulate water, in particular at scales where drops can be a threat. These observations inspired many kinds of biomimetic materials, where the aim is generally to generate a specific function: anti-rain, slip, self-cleaning and even more challenging, anti-dew, on which we focus in this paper, from immemorial natural examples to recent artificial achievements.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMicroTAS 2020 - 24th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences
PublisherChemical and Biological Microsystems Society
Pages32-33
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781733419017
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event24th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2020 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 4 Oct 20209 Oct 2020

Publication series

NameMicroTAS 2020 - 24th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences

Conference

Conference24th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2020
CityVirtual, Online
Period4/10/209/10/20

Keywords

  • Anti-fogging
  • Slip
  • Superhydrophobicity

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