Print Email Facebook Twitter Nature–Inspired self–cleaning surfaces Title Nature–Inspired self–cleaning surfaces: Mechanisms, modelling, and manufacturing Author Yu, Cunming (Beihang University; Aalto University) Sasic, Srdjan (Chalmers University of Technology) Liu, Kai (Aalto University) Salameh, S. (TU Delft ChemE/Product and Process Engineering; aint-Gobain Research Germany) Ras, Robin H.A. (Aalto University) van Ommen, J.R. (TU Delft ChemE/Product and Process Engineering) Date 2020 Abstract Nature-inspired self-cleaning surfaces have attracted considerable attention from both fundamental research and practical applications. This review adopts a chemical-engineering point of view and focuses on mechanisms, modelling, and manufacturing (M3) of nature-inspired self-cleaning surfaces. We will introduce six nature-inspired self-cleaning mechanisms: The Lotus-effect, superhydrophobic-induced droplet jumping, superhydrophobic-induced unidirectional movement of water droplet, underwater-superoleophobic-based self-cleaning, slippery-based self-cleaning, and dry self-cleaning. These mechanisms of nature self-cleaning examples are popular and well-known as well as have been widely applied or exhibited potential applications in our daily life and industrial productions. The mathematical and numerical modelling of the identified self-cleaning mechanisms will be carefully introduced, which will contribute to the rational design and reproducible construction of these functional self-cleaning surfaces. Finally, we will discuss how these materials can be produced, with a focus on scalable manufacturing. We hope this review will strengthen the understanding on nature-inspired self-cleaning surfaces and stimulate interdisciplinary collaboration of material science, biology and engineering. Subject Bio-inspiredFundamentalsRepellentScalable productionSimulations To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:fcf7ad32-14b6-4422-a4d1-568a3c5a185f DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2019.11.038 Embargo date 2022-01-02 ISSN 0263-8762 Source Chemical Engineering Research & Design, 155, 48-65 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2020 Cunming Yu, Srdjan Sasic, Kai Liu, S. Salameh, Robin H.A. Ras, J.R. van Ommen Files PDF 1_s2.0_S0263876219305702_main.pdf 5.57 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:fcf7ad32-14b6-4422-a4d1-568a3c5a185f/datastream/OBJ/view