Biomimetic surfaces with anisotropic sliding wetting by energy-modulation femtosecond laser irradiation for enhanced water collection

Yang Lu, Liandong Yu, Zhen Zhang, Sizhu Wu, Guoqiang Li, Peichao Wu, Yanlei Hu, Jiawen Li, Jiaru Chu, Dong Wu

RSC Advances · 2017 · 85 citations · 42 references

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Inspired by natural rice leaf surfaces, we report a simple method to prepare three-level macrogrooves and micro/nanostructures on PDMS films by using energy-modulation femtosecond laser scanning for potential applications in water collection.

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