title: Bioinspired Interfacial Materials with Enhanced Drop Mobility: From Fundamentals to Multifunctional Applications.
abstract: The development of bioinspired interfacial materials with enhanced drop mobility that mimic the innate functionalities of nature will have a significant impact on the energy, environment and global healthcare. Despite extensive progress, state of the art interfacial materials have not reached the level of maturity sufficient for industrial applications in terms of scalability, stability, and reliability. These are complicated by their operating environments and lack of facile approaches to control the local structural texture and chemical composition at multiple length scales. The recent advances in the fundamental understanding are reviewed, as well as practical applications of bioinspired interfacial materials, with an emphasis on the drop bouncing and coalescence-induced jumping behaviors. Perspectives on how to catalyze new discoveries and to foster technological adoption to move this exciting area forward are also suggested.
authors: Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 999077, Hong Kong.
authors: Chonglei
authors: C
authors: Hao
authors: Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 999077, Hong Kong.
authors: Yahua
authors: Y
authors: Liu
authors: Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 999077, Hong Kong.
authors: Xuemei
authors: X
authors: Chen
authors: Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 999077, Hong Kong.
authors: Jing
authors: J
authors: Li
authors: Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 999077, Hong Kong.
authors: Mei
authors: M
authors: Zhang
authors: Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 999077, Hong Kong.
authors: Yanhua
authors: Y
authors: Zhao
authors: Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 999077, Hong Kong.
authors: Zuankai
authors: Z
authors: Wang
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D008422:Materials Testing; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials
keywords: anti-icing; bioinspired materials; condensation; drop mobility; superhydrophobic