Bioinspired Material Surfaces
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This book highlights the functions and models of biological surfaces with unique characteristics, elucidating methods to realize bioinspired surfaces. It offers the theory and mechanism of fabrication, functioning to help researchers understand nature in order to design better, more functional surfaces for widespread applications. Using models extracted from biological surfaces, such as lotus leaves, spider silk, butterfly wings, and beetle backs, principles of surface design are discussed to enable promising applications such as micro-fluidic devices, functional textiles, corrosion resistance, liquid transportation, anti-fogging and anti-water-collection. The book offers researchers and students with innovative ideas for designing novel materials.
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Dr.Zheng is a member of the Chinese Composite Materials Society (CSCM); the Chinese Chemical Society (CCS); American Chemical Society (ACS); and the International Society of Bionic Engineering (ISBE). In 2016, she was honored by the ISBE with its Outstanding Contribution Award. Her research interests include elucidating the biological micro-/nanostructure effects on controlling of wettability, investigation of bioinspired surfaces with unique gradient micro-/nano-structures, study of wetting features, self-cleaning and water collection on natural biological surfaces such as butterfly wings, spider silk etc., preparing artificial functional surfaces, mimicking the unique effects resulting from micro-/nanostructure and anisotropic structure, studying features of ultra-superhydrophobic surfaces that contribute to anti-icing, anti-frosting, and water-repellent functions, and designing surfaces with gradient micro-/nanostructures to control fluid transport. Her publications are included in Nature, Sci. Rep., Adv. Mater., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., ACS Nano, Adv. Funct. Mater., Small, Chem. Commun., J. Mater. Chem. A, Nanoscales, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, Nature News, RSC ChemistryWorld, Nature Materials, Nature Nanotechnology, and Nature Communications, among others.