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Bio-inspired special wetting surfaces via self-assembly

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Self-assembly is the fundamental principle, which can occur spontaneously in nature. Through billions of years of evolution, nature has learned what is optimal. The optimized biological solution provides some inspiration for scientists and engineers. In the past decade, under the multi-disciplinary collaboration, bio-inspired special wetting surfaces have attracted much attention for both fundamental research and practical applications. In this review, we focus on recent research progress in bio-inspired special wetting surfaces via self-assembly, such as low adhesive superhydrophobic surfaces, high adhesive superhydrophobic surfaces, superamphiphobic surfaces, and stimuli-responsive surfaces. The challenges and perspectives of this research field in the future are also briefly addressed.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education; School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China

    Xu Jin, Shuai Yang, Zhou Li, KeSong Liu & Lei Jiang

  2. Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS); Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

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Jin, X., Yang, S., Li, Z. et al. Bio-inspired special wetting surfaces via self-assembly. Sci. China Chem. 55, 2327–2333 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-012-4707-6

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