Desert Beetle‐Inspired Superwettable Patterned Surfaces for Water Harvesting

Patterned superhydrophobic surfaces: toward a synthetic mimic of the Namib Desert beetle.

The present study demonstrates a surface structure that mimics the water harvesting wing surface of the Namib Desert beetle. Hydrophilic patterns on superhydrophobic surfaces were created with water/2-propanol solutions of a polyelectrolyte to produce surfaces with extreme hydrophobic contrast. Selective deposition of multilayer films onto the hydrophilic patterns introduces different propertie...

Wetting study of patterned surfaces for superhydrophobicity.

Superhydrophobic surfaces have considerable technological potential for various applications due to their extreme water-repellent properties. A number of studies have been carried out to produce artificial biomimetic roughness-induced hydrophobic surfaces. In general, both homogeneous and composite interfaces are possible on the produced surface. Silicon surfaces patterned with pillars of two d...

Directional Wetting on Patterned Surfaces

Investigating the ability of artificial impermeable surfaces in harvesting snow water (Case study: East Azarbaijan Province, Tabriz)

Atmospheric precipitation is one of the most important sources providing water for various purposes. Their optimal use, especially snow and rain in arid and semi-arid regions, can play a significant role in meeting water needs in low water seasons, which can be collected and stored before they come into contact with the soil surface and become contaminated so that in times of water shortage, To...

Spreading of Large Drops on Patterned Surfaces

Spreading of Large Drops on Patterned Surfaces — We report an experimental study of the shape of large liquid drops spreading on surfaces with patterns of wettability. The patterns are sets of disks of a material less wettable than the rest of the plane substrate. When few defects are present, or when the average distance between defects is large compared to the capillary length, the drop edge ...