Zheng Y, Beihang University, China is going to attend 2nd International Conference on Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology scheduled on May 16-17, 2019 at Prague, Czech Republic

Zheng Y, Beihang University, China is going to attend 2nd International Conference on Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology scheduled on May 16-17, 2019 at Prague, Czech Republic. For more details: https://bit.ly/2LNiYuz

Title: Bioinspired Micro/Nanostructured Surfaces with Wettability from Design to Functions

Biological surfaces provide endless inspiration for design and fabrication of smart materials. It has recently been revealed to have become a hot research area in materials and science world. Inspired by the roles of micro- and nanostructures in the water collecting ability of spider silk, a series of bioinspired gradient fibers has been designed by integrating fabrication methods and technologies such as fluid-coating, electrospinning-electrospraying, and web-assembly, etc., where the “spindle-knot/joint” structures with multiple gradients (e.g., roughness, curvature, etc.) can be realized to achieve functions of droplet transport, fog-harvesting, etc. In addition, the integrative conical spine materials with gradient micro- and nanostructures can be fabricated to achieve the ability of droplet transport in efficiency. Otherwise, the functional surfaces with micro- and nanostructures are developed to achieve the effect of water repellency by methods combining machining, electrospinning, soft lithography, and nanotechnology. These micro- and nanostructure surfaces with wettability exhibit robust transport and controlling of microdroplets, which would be promising applications.