Tailoring materials with specific wettability in biomedical engineering

L Sun, J Guo, H Chen, D Zhang, L Shang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As a fundamental feature of solid surfaces, wettability is playing an increasingly important
role in our daily life. Benefitting from the inspiration of biological paradigms and the …

Superhydrophobic Biological Fluid‐Repellent Surfaces: Mechanisms and Applications

J Luo, H Yu, B Lu, D Wang, X Deng - Small Methods, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Superhydrophobic biological fluid‐repellent surfaces (SBFRSs) have attracted great
attention in the treatment of blood and urine‐related diseases because of their unique …

Superhydrophobic hemostatic nanofiber composites for fast clotting and minimal adhesion

Z Li, A Milionis, Y Zheng, M Yee, L Codispoti… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Hemostatic materials are of great importance in medicine. However, their successful
implementation is still challenging as it depends on two, often counteracting, attributes; …

Superhydrophobic materials: Versatility and translational applications

H Yong, Z Li, X Huang, K Wang… - Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Inspired by the lotus leaf in nature, superhydrophobic materials have attracted considerable
attention in both science and industry over the past three decades. Apart from the most …

The quest for blood-compatible materials: Recent advances and future technologies

M Hedayati, MJ Neufeld, MM Reynolds… - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The development of blood-compatible materials represents a grand challenge in
biomaterials science. Blood is a complex fluid containing many types of living cells …

Superhydrophobicity: advanced biological and biomedical applications

KK Chenab, B Sohrabi, A Rahmanzadeh - Biomaterials science, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Superhydrophobic surfaces for broad applications in biological and biomedical sciences are
good potential candidates for technological unsolved challenges. Using …

A porous superhydrophobic surface with active air plastron control for drag reduction and fluid impalement resistance

Z Li, J Marlena, D Pranantyo, BL Nguyen… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Superhydrophobic surfaces are attractive for applications in vehicular locomotion
enhancement and biomedical fluid transport. However, under high fluid impalement …

Blood repellent superhydrophobic surfaces constructed from nanoparticle-free and biocompatible materials

N Celik, F Sahin, M Ruzi, M Yay, E Unal… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Durable and environment friendly superhydrophobic surfaces are needed for a set of
important applications. Biomedical applications, in particular, impose stringent requirements …

Diatom frustule silica exhibits superhydrophilicity and superhemophilicity

J Lee, HA Lee, M Shin, LJ Juang, CJ Kastrup, GM Go… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Special surface wettability attracts significant attention. In this study, dramatic differences in
wettability are demonstrated for microparticles with the same chemical composition, SiO2 …

Super-hydrophobicity: Mechanism, fabrication and its application in medical implants to prevent biomaterial associated infections

P Deeksha, G Deepika, J Nishanthini, GS Hikku… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this report, the insights for mimicking the natural phenomenon found in lotus leaves ie
super-hydrophobic surface are compiled. Recently, there are reports that critically evaluated …