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Biomimetics studies of Salvinia molesta for fabrication
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It has been reported that the sophisticated structure of the Salvinia molesta surface offered a novel mechanism for long‐term air‐retention. It was difficult to mimic the structure, for it was composed of complex elastic eggbeater‐shaped hairs with a coating of nanoscopic hydrophobic wax crystals, except for the top of the hairs. In this work, a structure of fibres cross on a patterned paper to mimic the ability of S. Molesta is manufactured. The complex elastic eggbeater‐shaped hairs with a coating of SU‐8 photoresist can support a droplet water of 1 ml. This work offered a new simple method to mimic the properties of S. molesta surface.
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Title: Biomimetics studies of Salvinia molesta for fabrication
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It has been reported that the sophisticated structure of the Salvinia molesta surface offered a novel mechanism for long‐term air‐retention.
It was difficult to mimic the structure, for it was composed of complex elastic eggbeater‐shaped hairs with a coating of nanoscopic hydrophobic wax crystals, except for the top of the hairs.
In this work, a structure of fibres cross on a patterned paper to mimic the ability of S.
Molesta is manufactured.
The complex elastic eggbeater‐shaped hairs with a coating of SU‐8 photoresist can support a droplet water of 1 ml.
This work offered a new simple method to mimic the properties of S.
molesta surface.
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