Bioinspired Materials for Fog Harvesting

Principles, Design, Preparation, and Applications
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-527-35400-9
Verlag: Wiley-VCH GmbH

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm

Enlighten the readers of the bioinspiration of materials to be used for fog harvesting while considering aspects of engineering design.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Guo, Zhiguang

Liu, Weimin

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Hydrologie, Hydrogeologie
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie Kolloidchemie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Oberflächen- und Grenzflächenphysik, Dünne Schichten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
Overview of Research on Atmospheric Water Collection
Development of Biomimetic Fog Collection
Biomimetic Inspiration for Collecting Fog
Biomimetic Fog Collection Performance Evaluation
 
CHAPTER 2 NATURAL PROTOTYPE FOR THE BIONIC FOG COLLECTION
Fog Collection of Bionic Prototype Plants
Fog Collection of Bionic Prototype Animals
 
CHAPTER 3 BASIC THEORY
The Theory of Fog Harvesting
The Theory of Atmospheric Water Harvesting
 
CHAPTER 4 FACTORS FOR FOG HARVESTING
Mesh Characteristic
Collector Design
Wettability of the Collector
Collector Durability
Environmental Factors
 
CHAPTER 5 MICRO-STRUCTURES OF FOG HARVESTING MATERIALS
Microscopic Water-Collecting Structures in Desert Beetles
Microscopic Water-Collecting Structures in Cacti
Inspired by the Spindle Knot Structure of Spider Silk
Fog Collection Material Inspired by Lotus Leaves
Microstructure of Other Biomimetic Fog-Water Harvesting Materials
 
CHAPTER 6 SURFACE WETTABILITY OF FOG-HARVESTING MATERIALS
SHB-SHL Fog Harvesting Materials
SLIPS Fog Harvesting Materials
Fog and Water Collection Materials Based on Gradient Wetting
Janus Effect Fog Collection Material
 
CHAPTER 7 PREPARATION OF FOG COLLECTING MATERIALS
Preparation of 1-Dimensional (1D) Fog Collecting Materials
2D Fog Collecting Material Design
Three-Dimensional (3D) Preparation of Fog Collecting Materials
 

CHAPTER 8 SUSTAINABLE USE OF FOG COLLECTORS
Mechanical Stability
Chemical Stability
Antibacterial
 
CHAPTER 9 NON-PHASE FOG COLLECTION
Overview of the Development of Non-Phase Bionic Fog Collection
Surface Wettability Design
Design of Surface Geometry
Intelligent Design for Bionic Surface Fog Harvesting Material
Summary and Outlook
 
CHAPTER 10 ADSORPTION-BASED ATMOSPHERIC WATER HARVESTING
Introduction
Evaporation Phenomenon and Materials for Solar Water Evaporation
Progress in Sorbents for SAWH
Composite Adsorbents in SAWH
Reflections and Perspectives in SAWH
 
CHAPTER 11 APPLICATIONS OF FOG HARVESTING
Collection of Water Resources
Other Energy Collection
 
CHAPTER 12 CHALLENGES OF FOG HARVESTING
Fog Volume and Humidity
Collector Surface Characterization
Cost-Effectiveness
Water Quality Treatment
Sustainability and Environmental Impacts
 
CHAPTER 13 CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS
Research Status and Challenges
Future Expectations

Über Autor(innen)

Zhiguang Guo is Professor in the Hubei Collaborative Innovation Centre for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Green Preparation and Application of Functional Materials, Hubei University, China. He has systematically studied the interfacial behaviors of mechanical bionic materials of tribology, especially focusing on the corresponding surface wettability and sliding behavior of surface and interface.
 
Weimin Liu is Professor at Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (LICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Head of the State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication. In 2013, 2015 and 2016, he was elected the Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academician of Asia Pacific Academy of Materials (APAM) and Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), respectively. His research interests mainly focus on space and aviation lubrication, high performance lubricating materials and tribochemistry.