Scale/scaly structures are commonly seen in living nature, such as loach and pangolin, and
they generally play an important role in reducing friction between biosurfaces and their …

Recently, bioinspired mushroom or reentrant mushroom microstructures have attracted
intersts of researchers for their amazing water superrepellence property. However, basic …

Effective maintenance of lubricants within the frictional interface is of great importance for the
long-life operation of mechanical components. This paper proposes a wedge-shaped …

This study aims at optimizing the boundary slip region on bearing sliders for improving
tribological performance. Surface of the bearing slider are divided into a rectangular mesh …

Rapid and controllable sliding of droplets on anisotropic superhydrophobic surface has
significant meaning in advanced science and technologies, thus being widely studied in …

Superhydrophobic surfaces are widely used in fog collection areas due to their water
adhesion properties. Unfortunately, the relationship between the water adhesion and the fog …

The microporous layer (MPL) in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) improves
the fuel cell performance remarkably. However, PEMFCs suffer from local oxygen starvation …

Directional droplet manipulation has wide potential applications in many fields, such as
microfluidic devices and liquid transportation. Herein, micro-nano hierarchical dendritic …

If the apparent contact angle (ACA) of superhydrophobic materials could be significantly
affected by drop volume, it would not be reliable to use ACA as an important index to …

The aerospace industry has extremely strict requirements for metal materials, especially the
stability of the material at a low temperature and in harsh environment. Herein …