Efficient and Anisotropic Fog Harvesting on a Hybrid and Directional Surface. Issue 2 (5th December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wu, Jinbo; Zhang, Lianbin; Wang, Yuchao; Wang, Peng
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials interfaces. Volume 4:Issue 2(2017)
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• Publication Date: 2016-12-05
• Subjects: anisotropic -- fog -- superhydrophilic -- superhydrophobic -- wettability; Materials science -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/admi.201600801
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2196-7350

Abstract

Abstract : A straight throughout superhydrophilic track that contains high contrast and directional wettability on a superhydrophobic surface is designed. Despite droplets that tend to slide more easily along a direction parallel to the track, it is found that such hybrid strip‐pattern surfaces have higher fog harvesting efficiency along a direction perpendicular to the tracks due to the larger accumulation area for droplet removal.