Controlled Surface Wetting

Yongmei Zheng, PhD, is a professor at Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing. Her research interests are focused on bioinspired surfaces with gradient micro- and nanostructures to control dynamic wettability and develop the surfaces and materials with characteristics of fog-harvesting, tiny droplet transport, water collection, water harvesting, water repellency, anti-icing/ice-phobicity etc. Her publications are more than 142 SCI papers with H index of 47.

1 Wetting-Controlled Systems of Biological Surfaces
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Wetting Features of Biological Surfaces
1.3 Anti-wetting Features of Biological Surfaces
1.4 Biological Patterns on Micro- and Nano-scale Structures
1.5 Wetting-Controlled Effects
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2 Mechanism and Theory of Wetting-Controlled Surfaces
2.1 Concept of Wetting Controlled Effects
2.2 Wetting Theory of Surfaces
2.3 Physics of Wetting
2.3.1 Molecular Interactions in Wetting and Adhesion
2.4 Surface Chemistry and Structures
2.5 Bioinspired Wetting Controlled Mechanism
2.6 Self-Propelling Effects of Surfaces
2.7 Capillary Regime
2.8 Liquid Infused Surfaces
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3 Design on Surfaces with Wetting-Controlled Effects
3.1 Concept of Gradients
3.2 Chemistry Gradient
3.3 Texture Gradients
3.4 Geometry Gradient
3.5 Synergism of Multi-Gradients
3.6 Surface Tension Gradient
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4 Development on bioinspired fabrication and methods
4.1 Rayleigh Instability
4.2 Microfluidics
4.3 Fluid-Coating
4.4 Electrospinning
4.5 Electrochemisty
4.6 Fluid Diffusion for Gradient
4.7 Laser Techniques
4.8 Printing Techniques
4.9 Nanotechnology
4.10 Plasma Techniques
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5 Wetting-Controlled Effects for Functions and Applications
5.1 Condensate Droplet Transport
5.2 Fogdroplet Harvesting
5.3 Atmospheric Water Harvesting
5.4 Anti-icing
5.5 Liquid Repellency
5.6 Energy Harvesting
5.7 Heat Transfer
5.8 Artificial Skin and Sensor
5.9 Medical Application
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Summary