Hybrid engineered materials with high water-collecting efficiency inspired by Namib Desert beetles†
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a Hubei Collaborative Innovation Centre for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Green Preparation and Application of Functional Materials, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, People's Republic of China
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b State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
Abstract
Inspired by Namib Desert beetles, a hybrid superhydrophobic surface was fabricated, showing highly efficient fog harvesting with a water collection rate (WCR) of 1309.9 mg h−1 cm−2. And, the surface possessed an excellent robustness and self-cleaning property.
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Article information
- Article type
- Communication
- Submitted
- 02 Mar 2016
- Accepted
- 17 Apr 2016
- First published
- 18 Apr 2016
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Hybrid engineered materials with high water-collecting efficiency inspired by Namib Desert beetles
H. Zhu and Z. Guo,Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 6809DOI: 10.1039/C6CC01894G
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