title: Bioinspired wetting surface via laser microfabrication.
abstract: Bioinspired special wettibilities including superhydrophobicity and tunable adhesive force have drawn considerable attention because of their significant potential for fundamental research and practical applications. This review summarizes recent progress in the development of bioinspired wetting surfaces via laser microfabrication, with a focus on controllable, biomimetic, and switchable wetting surfaces, as well as their applications in biology, microfluidic, and paper-based devices, all of which demonstrate the ability of laser microfabrication in producing various multiscale structures and its adaptation in a great variety of materials. In particular, compared to other techniques, laser microfabrication can realize special modulation ranging from superhydrophilic to superhydrophobic without the assistance of fluorination, allowing much more freedom to achieve complex multiple-wettability integration. The current challenges and future research prospects of this rapidly developing field are also being discussed. These approaches open the intriguing possibility of the development of advanced interfaces equipped with the integration of more functionalities.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering & Key Laboratory of Photonics Technology for Information of Shaanxi Province, School of Electronics & Information Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China. chenfeng@mail.xjtu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Dongshi
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jiale
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yong
authors.forename: Guangqing
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Jinhai
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Si
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.forename: Xun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016880:Anisotropy; D032701:Biomimetics / Q000379:methods*; D029624:Ferns / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D007834:Lasers; D008422:Materials Testing; D051379:Mice; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / Q000379:methods; D055616:Microtechnology; D041681:NIH 3T3 Cells; D016716:PC12 Cells; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry; D051381:Rats; D013499:Surface Properties; D013696:Temperature; D017155:Wettability
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers