Bioinspired materials have significant contributions to scientific discoveries and engineering applications. This presentation will focus on a couple of bioinspired materials for thermal fluid sciences and their applications in water, and energy sustainability. There are unique material needs during different transport processes. For example, a super-repellent surface is favorable for water harvesting but a super-wetted surface is desirable for energy systems. Although lots of materials show interesting functionalities, their durability becomes a major concern and impedes engineering applications toward sustainable operations. While we are puzzled by these challenges, nature gives us some inspiration. In this talk, I will introduce a few bioinspired interfacial materials and their potential impacts on water harvesting and energy transport. Particularly, the material durability in each application will be discussed.

Bioinspired surfaces for water and energy sustainability

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