Aerodynamics-assisted, efficient and scalable kirigami fog collectors

Jing Li; Ranjiangshang Ran; Haihuan Wang; Yuchen Wang; You Chen; Shichao Niu; Paulo E. Arratia; Shu Yang

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25764-4

Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Aerodynamics-assisted, efficient and scalable kirigami fog collectors

Jing Li,
Ranjiangshang Ran,
Haihuan Wang,
Yuchen Wang,
You Chen,
Shichao Niu,
Paulo E. Arratia,
Shu Yang

Affiliations

Jing Li: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Ranjiangshang Ran: Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania
Haihuan Wang: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Yuchen Wang: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
You Chen: Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering, Ministry of Education, Jilin University
Shichao Niu: Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering, Ministry of Education, Jilin University
Paulo E. Arratia: Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania
Shu Yang: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25764-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Water shortage not only occurs in arid regions, but also in humid area with little precipitation, despite abundant fog. Authors develop robust and scalable 3D centimetric kirigami structures to control wind flow and regulate the trajectories of incoming fog, yielding high fog collection efficiency.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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