• 文献标题:   Bioinspired Fabrication of one dimensional graphene fiber with collection of droplets application
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SONG YY, LIU Y, JIANG HB, LI SY, KAYA C, STEGMAIER T, HAN ZW, REN LQ
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  • 出版物名称:   SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
  • ISSN:   2045-2322
  • 通讯作者地址:   Jilin Univ
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1038/s41598-017-12238-1
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

We designed a kind of smart bioinspired fiber with multi-gradient and multi-scale spindle knots by combining polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and graphene oxide (GO). Multilayered graphene structures can produce obvious wettability change after laser etching due to increased roughness. We demonstrate that the cooperation between curvature and the controllable wettability play an important role in water gathering, which regulate effectively the motion of tiny water droplets. In addition, due to the effective cooperation of multi-gradient and multi-scale hydrophilic spindle knots, the length of the three-phase contact line (TCL) can be longer, which makes a great contribution to the improvement of collecting efficiency and water-hanging ability. This study offers a novel insight into the design of smart materials that may control the transport of tiny drops reversibly in directions, which could potentially be extended to the realms of in microfluidics, fog harvesting filtration and condensers designs, and further increase water collection efficiency and hanging ability.