Well-defined porous membranes for robust omniphobic surfaces via microfluidic emulsion templating

Pingan Zhu; Tiantian Kong; Xin Tang; Liqiu Wang

doi:10.1038/ncomms15823

Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

Well-defined porous membranes for robust omniphobic surfaces via microfluidic emulsion templating

Pingan Zhu,
Tiantian Kong,
Xin Tang,
Liqiu Wang

Affiliations

Pingan Zhu: Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Tiantian Kong: HKU-Zhejiang Institute of Research and Innovation (HKU-ZIRI)
Xin Tang: Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Liqiu Wang: Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15823
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Designing mechanically and chemically robust liquid-repellent surfaces remains a longstanding challenge. Here, Wang and colleagues report a microfluidic emulsion templating strategy to fabricate bioinspired omniphobic porous membranes with remarkable durability.

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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