title: Bio-inspired evaporation through plasmonic film of nanoparticles at the air-water interface.
abstract: Plasmonic gold nanoparticles self-assembled at the air-water interface to produce an evaporative surface with local control inspired by skins and plant leaves. Fast and efficient evaporation is realized due to the instant and localized plasmonic heating at the evaporative surface. The bio-inspired evaporation process provides an alternative promising approach for evaporation, and has potential applications in sterilization, distillation, and heat transfer.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Zhenhui
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yanming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Qingchen
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Nan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: Fangyu
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Quanlong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chengyi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Di
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shang
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Deng
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D053758:Nanoparticles; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D014867:Water
keywords: bio-inspired; evaporation; interfaces; plasmonic heating; self-assembly