Nature's Raincoats

Nature's Raincoats

  • Introduction
    • Hydrophobic and superhydrophobic surfaces
    • Super-slippery surfaces
  • Bioinspiration
    • Adaptation of animals to water
    • Adaptation of plants to water
  • Artificial surfaces
    • Superhydrophobic surfaces
    • Water-shedding Surfaces
    • Uses of superhydrophobic surfaces
    • Uses of water-shedding surfaces
  • Research
    • Research groups
    • Recent research involving solid / liquid interfaces
    • Contact Us
  • Home
    • Where we’ve exhibited
    • Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2009
  • Introduction
    • Hydrophobic and superhydrophobic surfaces
    • Water-shedding surfaces
  • Bioinspiration
    • Adaptation of animals to water
      • Water strider / pond skater
      • Water boatman
      • Mosquito / Midge
      • Water spider
      • Great diving beetle
      • Desert beetle
      • Waterfowl
      • Butterfly
      • Mammals and marsupials
      • Land crab
      • Fire ant
      • Gall aphids
    • Adaptation of plants to water
      • Lotus leaf
      • Cabbage
      • Mexican Hens plant
      • Columbine
      • Nasturtium
      • Lady’s Mantle
      • Euphorbia
      • Pitcher plant
      • Symbiotic lichens
  • Artificial surfaces
    • Superhydrophobic surfaces
      • Polymer Microposts
      • Fractal Structures
      • Superhydrophobic Foams
      • Etched Copper
      • Multi-scale Texturing
      • Granular Materials
      • Liquid Marbles
      • Leidenfrost Effect
    • Water-shedding Surfaces
      • Superhydrophobic Nanoparticles
      • Superhydrophobic Microtextures
      • Shaped-Lubricant Surfaces
      • Water-repellent soils
    • Uses of superhydrophobic surfaces
      • Self-cleaning surfaces
      • Droplet impact and rebound
      • Evaporating droplets
      • Directing droplet motion
      • Super-vortex: skating
      • Artificial leaves
      • Sensing changes
      • Breathing underwater
      • Plastron drag reduction
      • Flow through pipes
    • Uses of water-shedding surfaces
      • Self-propelled droplet motion
      • Bidirectional droplet motion
  • Research
    • Research groups
    • Recent research involving solid-liquid interfaces
      • Liquid-on-solid Amontons’ laws
      • Research involving superhydrophobicity
        • Leidenfrost engine
        • Capillary origami
        • Plastron lubrication model
        • Leidenfrost-directed motion
        • Superhydrophobic metamaterials
      • Research involving lubricant-impregnated surfaces
        • Pinning-free evaporation
        • Liquid version of Young’s Law
        • Drop Self-Propulsion on Biphilic Liquid Surfaces
        • Cheerios effect on SLIPS
          • Cheerios effect
        • SAW-driven motion
        • Liquid lenses on SLIPS
        • Liquid-liquid Interfacial Tensions
        • The Liquid Surface Zisman Plot
        • Research involving liquid-like surfaces
        • Smart control of wetting
          • Superspreading without surfactants
          • Dewetting of a liquid film
          • Voltage-programmable optics
          • Bubble control
          • Shaping liquid films
          • Controlling instabilities
      • Research involving liquid-like surfaces
        • Evaporation on slippery liquid-like surfaces
        • Droplet and contact line friction
        • Anti-biofilm liquid and liquid-like surfaces
        • Anti-icing liquid-like surfaces
        • Anti-scaling liquid-like surfaces
    • Contact us

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