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Directional water harvesting is a special ability of flora and fauna in nature. Wettability-patterned surfaces inspired by natural structures have been extensively researched and could be a great potential avenue for easing water shortage. However, preparation strategies for these nature-inspired cases, including UV irradiation with mask technology, femtosecond laser direct writing and chemical treatment, are time-consuming, cost-ineffective and environmentally unfriendly. In this paper, robust and durable superhydrophobic (SHB) glass substrate was prepared by using laser-induced backward transfer technique and fluoroalkylsilane modification. Then wedge-shaped superhydrophilic (SHL) patterns on the SHB surfaces were rapidly constructed by inexpensive and commercially available fibre laser ablation for fog harvesting. This facile, cost-effective and non-corrosive preparation method described herein could be an alternative way to construct SHL–SHB patterns on glass substrate, which could be used for microfluidic devices, droplet manipulation and cell screening.
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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, Grant No. 51305060) and National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2015CB057304). F. Chen acknowledges the support from National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents (No. BX20190233). I. P. Parkin acknowledges the support from EPSRC grant of Industrial Doctorate Centre: Molecular Modelling & Materials Science (EP/G036675/1). Yao Lu acknowledges the financial support from the QMUL-SBCS start-up.
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Zhang, J., Chen, F., Lu, Y. et al. Superhydrophilic–superhydrophobic patterned surfaces on glass substrate for water harvesting. J Mater Sci 55, 498–508 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-04046-x
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