Publications

Recent Publications

2020

  1. Liquid harvesting and transport on multiscaled curvatures, C Li, C Yu, S Zhou, Z Dong*, L Jiang,

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (38), 23436-23442 www.pnas.org/content/117/38/23436.full

  1. Continuous 3D printing from one single droplet, Y Zhang#, Z Dong#, C Li, H Du, NX Fang, L Wu*, Y Song*,

Nature Communications 11 (1), 1-10 www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-18518-1

  1. Directional liquid dynamics of interfaces with superwettability, H Dai, Z Dong*, L Jiang*,

Science Advances 6 (37), eabb5528 advances.sciencemag.org/content/advances/6/37/eabb5528.full

  1. Bioinspired Surface with Superwettability for Controllable Liquid Dynamics, S Zhou, L Jiang, Z Dong*,

Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2000824 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/admi.202000824

  1. Droplets Crawling on Peristome‐Mimetic Surfaces, S Zhou, C Yu, C Li, L Jiang, Z Dong*,

Advanced Functional Materials 30 (12), 1908066 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/adfm.201908066

  1. Apex structures enhance water drainage on leaves, T Wang, Y Si, H Dai, C Li, C Gao, Z Dong*, L Jiang,

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (4), 1890-1894 www.pnas.org/content/117/4/1890

  1. Highly efficient three-dimensional solar evaporator for high salinity desalination by localized crystallization, L Wu#, Z Dong#, Z Cai, T Ganapathy, NX Fang, C Li, C Yu, Y Zhang, Y Song*,

Nature Communications 11 (1), 1-12 www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-14366-1

  1. Bioinspired Smart Liquid Directional Transport Control, Y Si, Z Dong*,

Langmuir 36 (3), 667-681 pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03385

  1. Finger directed surface charges for local droplet motion, N Li, C Yu, Z Dong*, L Jiang,

Soft Matter pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2020/sm/d0sm01073a

  1. Efficient spreading and controllable penetration of high-speed drops on superhydrophobic surface by vesicles, H Li, Z Liu, C Li, Q Feng, Y Liu, Q Li, Z Dong*, Y Wang*, L Jiang,

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 8 (34), 17392-17398 pubs.rsc.org/no/content/articlehtml/2020/ta/d0ta06683d

  1. Directed motion of an impinging water droplet—seesaw effect, S Wang, H Li, H Duan, Y Cui, H Sun, M Zhang, X Zheng, M Song, H Li, ...

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 8 (16), 7889-7896 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2020/ta/d0ta00037j

Selected Publications

Directional liquid dynamics of interfaces with superwettability

Abstract: Natural creatures use their surface structures to control directional liquid dynamics for survival. Learning from nature, artificial superwetting materials have triggered technological revolutions in many disciplines. To improve controllability, researchers have attempted to use external fields, such as thermal, light, magnetic, and electric fields, to assist or achieve controllable liquid dynamics. Emerging directional liquid transport applications have prosperously advanced in recent years but still present some challenges. This review discusses and summarizes the field of directional liquid dynamics on natural creatures and artificial surfaces with superwettabilities and ventures to propose several potential strategies to construct directional liquid transport systems for fog collection, 3D printing, energy devices, separation, soft machine, and sensor devices, which are useful for driving liquid transport or motility.


Liquid harvesting and transport on multiscaled curvatures

Abstrate: Various creatures, such as spider silk and cacti, have harnessed their surface structures to collect fog for survival. These surfaces typically stay dry and have a large contact hysteresis enabling them to move a condensed water droplet, resulting in an intermittent transport state and a relatively reduced speed. In contrast to these creatures, here we demonstrate that Nepenthes alata offers a remarkably integrated system on its peristome surface to harvest water continuously in a humid environment. Multicurvature structures are equipped on the peristome to collect and transport water continuously in three steps: nucleation of droplets on the ratchet teeth, self-pumping of water collection that steadily increases by the concavity, and transport of the acquired water to overflow the whole arch channel of the peristome. The water-wetted peristome surface can further enhance the water transport speed by ∼300 times. The biomimetic design expands the application fields in water and organic fogs gathering to the evaporation tower, laboratory, kitchen, and chemical industry.

Science Advances

09 Sep. 2020:

Vol. 6, no. 37, eabb5528

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abb5528


PNAS

22 Sep. 2020

Vol. 117, no. 38, 23436-23442

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2011935117


Controlling liquid splash on superhydrophobic surfaces by a vesicle surfactant

Abstract: Deposition of liquid droplets on solid surfaces is of great importance to many fundamental scientific principles and technological applications, such as spraying, coating, and printing. For example, during the process of pesticide spraying, more than 50% of agrochemicals are lost because of the undesired bouncing and splashing behaviors on hydrophobic or superhydrophobic leaves. We show that this kind of splashing on superhydrophobic surfaces can be greatly inhibited by adding a small amount of a vesicular surfactant, Aerosol OT. Rather than reducing splashing by increasing the viscosity via polymer additives, the vesicular surfactant confines the motion of liquid with the help of wettability transition and thus inhibits the splash. Significantly, the vesicular surfactant exhibits a distinguished ability to alter the surface wettability during the first inertial spreading stage of ~2 ms because of its dense aggregates at the air/water interface. A comprehensive model proposed by this idea could help in understanding the complex interfacial interactions at the solid/liquid/air interface.


Apex structures enhance water drainage on leaves


Science Advances

01 Mar. 2017:

Vol. 3, no. 3, e1602188

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1602188

PNAS

28 Jan. 2020

Vol. 117, no. 4, 1890-1894

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1909924117

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Publications (2013-2019)

2019

  1. Bioinspired Tip-Guidance Liquid Jetting and Droplet Emission at a Rotary Disk via a Surface Energy Gradient, T Wang, Y Si, N Li, Z Dong*, L Jiang,

ACS Nano 13 (11), 13100-13108 pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.9b05860

  1. Ricocheting Droplets Moving on Super‐Repellent Surfaces, S Pan, R Guo, JJ Richardson, JD Berry, QA Besford, M Björnmalm, G Yun, ...

Advanced Science 6 (21), 1901846 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/advs.201901846

  1. Controllable High‐Speed Electrostatic Manipulation of Water Droplets on a Superhydrophobic Surface, H Dai, C Gao, J Sun, C Li, N Li, L Wu*, Z Dong*, L Jiang,

Advanced Materials 31 (43), 1905449 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adma.201905449

  1. Uniform Spread of High‐Speed Drops on Superhydrophobic Surface by Live‐Oligomeric Surfactant Jamming, S Luo, Z Chen, Z Dong*, Y Fan, Y Chen, B Liu, C Yu, C Li, H Dai, H Li, ...

Advanced Materials 31 (41), 1904475 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adma.201904475

  1. Enhancing droplet deposition on wired and curved superhydrophobic leaves, M Song, D Hu, X Zheng, L Wang, Z Yu, W An, R Na, C Li, N Li, Z Lu, ...

ACS Nano 13 (7), 7966-7974 pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.9b02457

  1. Bioinspired inner microstructured tube controlled capillary rise, C Li, H Dai, C Gao, T Wang, Z Dong*, L Jiang,

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (26), 12704-12709 www.pnas.org/content/116/26/12704.short

  1. Adaptive superamphiphilic organohydrogels with reconfigurable surface topography for programming unidirectional liquid transport, Z Zhao, C Li, Z Dong*, Y Yang, L Zhang, S Zhuo...

Advanced Functional Materials 29 (16), 1807858 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adfm.201807858

  1. Programmable unidirectional liquid transport on peristome-mimetic surfaces under liquid environments, S Zhou, C Yu, C Li, Z Dong*, L Jiang,

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 7 (31), 18244-18248 pubs.rsc.org/no/content/articlehtml/2019/ta/c9ta04770k

  1. Asymmetric micro-ratchets regulated drop dispensing on bamboo mimetic surface, N Li, C Li, C Yu, T Wang, C Gao, Z Dong*, L Jiang,

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 7 (16), 9550-9555 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2019/ta/c9ta01105f

  1. Wettability manipulation of overflow behavior via vesicle surfactant for water-proof surface cleaning, T Wang, Y Si, S Luo, Z Dong*, L Jiang,

Materials Horizons 6 (2), 294-301 pubs.rsc.org/ko/content/articlehtml/2019/mh/c8mh01343h


2018

  1. Bioinspired ultra-low adhesive energy interface for continuous 3D printing: reducing curing induced adhesion, L Wu, Z Dong, H Du, C Li, NX Fang, Y Song

Research 2018, 4795604 spj.sciencemag.org/research/2018/4795604/?utm_source=trendmd&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=research_trendmd_0

  1. Dual‐Programmable Shape‐Morphing and Self‐Healing Organohydrogels Through Orthogonal Supramolecular Heteronetworks, Z Zhao, S Zhuo, R Fang, L Zhang, X Zhou, Y Xu ...

Advanced Materials 30 (51), 1804435 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adma.201804435

  1. Smart Liquid Transport on Dual Biomimetic Surface via Temperature Fluctuation Control, C Li, C Yu, D Hao, L Wu, Z Dong*, L Jiang,

Advanced Functional Materials 28 (49), 1707490 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adfm.201707490

  1. Drop Cargo Transfer via Unidirectional Lubricant Spreading on Peristome-Mimetic Surface, C Yu, L Zhang, Y Ru, N Li, C Li, C Gao, Z Dong*, L Jiang,

ACS Nano 12 (11), 11307-11315 pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.8b06023

  1. Bioinspired designs of superhydrophobic and superhydrophilic materials, Y Si, Z Dong*, L Jiang*,

ACS Central Science 4 (9), 1102-1112 pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acscentsci.8b00504

  1. Liquids unidirectional transport on dual-scale arrays, Y Si, T Wang, C Li, C Yu, N Li, C Gao, Z Dong*, L Jiang,

ACS Nano 12 (9), 9214-9222 pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.8b03924

  1. Wetting and spreading: Fundamental theories to cutting-edge applications, Y Si, C Yu, Z Dong*, L Jiang

Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science 36, 10-19 www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359029417301486

  1. Time-dependent liquid transport on a biomimetic topological surface, C Yu, C Li, C Gao, Z Dong*, L Wu*, L Jiang,

ACS Nano 12 (6), 5149-5157 pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.8b01800

  1. Janus gradient meshes for continuous separation and collection of flowing oils under water, N Li, C Yu, Y Si, M Song, Z Dong*, L Jiang,

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 10 (8), 7504-7511 pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.8b00044

  1. Ballistic jumping drops on superhydrophobic surfaces via electrostatic manipulation, N Li, L Wu, C Yu, H Dai, T Wang, Z Dong*, L Jiang,

Advanced Materials 30 (8), 1703838 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adma.201703838

  1. Designing laplace pressure pattern for microdroplet manipulation, L Wu, Z Dong, F Li, Y Song,

Langmuir 34 (2), 639-645 pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03908

  1. Flexible double-cross-linked cellulose-based hydrogel and aerogel membrane for supercapacitor separator, L Li, F Lu, C Wang, F Zhang, W Liang, S Kuga, Z Dong, Y Zhao, Y Huang, ...

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 6 (47), 24468-24478 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2018/ta/c8ta07751g


2013-2017 (Selected)

  1. Surfaces Inspired by the Nepenthes Peristome for Unidirectional Liquid Transport, P Zhang, L Zhang, H Chen*, Z Dong*, D Zhang,

Advanced Materials 29 (45), 1702995 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adma.201702995

  1. Peristome‐Mimetic Curved Surface for Spontaneous and Directional Separation of Micro Water‐in‐Oil Drops, C Li, L Wu, C Yu, Z Dong*, L Jiang

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 56 (44), 13623-13628 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ange.201706665

  1. Reducing the contact time using macro anisotropic superhydrophobic surfaces—Effect of parallel wire spacing on the drop impact, M Song, Z Liu, Y Ma, Z Dong, Y Wang, L Jiang

NPG Asia Materials 9 (8), e415-e415 www.nature.com/articles/am2017122

  1. Controlling liquid splash on superhydrophobic surfaces by a vesicle surfactant, M Song, J Ju, S Luo, Y Han, Z Dong*, Y Wang*, Z Gu, L Zhang, R Hao, ...

Science Advances 3 (3), e1602188 advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/3/e1602188.abstract

  1. Uni‐Directional Transportation on Peristome‐Mimetic Surfaces for Completely Wetting Liquids, C Li, N Li, X Zhang, Z Dong*, H Chen*, L Jiang,

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 55 (48), 14988-14992 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/anie.201607514

  1. Manipulating oil droplets by superamphiphobic nozzle, L Wu#, Z Dong#, N Li, F Li, L Jiang, Y Song*,

Small 11 (37), 4837-4843 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/smll.201501021

  1. Manipulating overflow separation directions by wettability boundary positions, Z Dong, L Wu, N Li, J Ma*, L Jiang*,

ACS Nano 9 (6), 6595-6602 pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.5b02580

  1. Superwettability controlled overflow, Z Dong, L Wu, J Wang, J Ma*, L Jiang*,

Advanced Materials 27 (10), 1745-1750 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adma.201405387

  1. Manipulating and dispensing micro/nanoliter droplets by superhydrophobic needle nozzles, Z Dong, J Ma, L Jiang,

ACS Nano 7 (11), 10371-10379 pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn4048099

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