title: Designing Bioinspired Anti-Biofouling Surfaces based on a Superwettability Strategy.
abstract: Anti-biofouling surfaces are of high importance owing to their crucial roles in biosensors, biomedical devices, food processing, the marine industry, etc. However, traditional anti-biofouling surfaces based on either the release of biocidal compounds or surface chemical/physical design cannot satisfy the practical demands when meeting real-world complex conditions. The outstanding performances of natural anti-biofouling surfaces motivate the development of new bioinspired anti-biofouling surfaces. Herein, a novel strategy is proposed for rationally designing bioinspired anti-biofouling surfaces based on superwettability. By utilizing the trapped air cushions or liquid layers, Lotus leaf inspired superhydrophobic surfaces, fish scales inspired underwater superoleophobic surfaces, and Nepenthes pitcher plants inspired omniphobic slippery surfaces have been successfully designed as anti-biofouling surfaces to effectively resist proteins, bacteria, cells, and marine organisms. It is believed that these novel superwettability-based anti-biofouling surfaces will bring a new era to both biomedical technology and the marine industry, and will greatly benefit human health and daily life in the near future.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial, Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, P. R. China.|International Research Institute for Multidisciplinary Science, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, P. R. China.|Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Pengchao
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Engineering Research Center of Marine Biological Resource, Comprehensive Utilization, SOA, The Third Institute of Oceanography of the State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen, 361005, China.
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Dongmian
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zang
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xinglin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial, Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, P. R. China.|International Research Institute for Multidisciplinary Science, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Mingjie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D057219:Biofouling; D040761:Biomimetic Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D014867:Water; D017155:Wettability
chemical_list: D014867:Water
keywords: anti-biofouling; bioinspired surfaces; slippery surfaces; superhydrophobic surfaces; underwater superoleophobic surfaces