Issue 3, 2012
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Recent progress of double-structural and functional materials with special wettability

Yabin Zhang,ab   Yu Chen,b   Lei Shi,b   Jing Lib  and  Zhiguang Guo*ab  

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a Ministry-of-Education Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Application for Materials, Hubei University, Wuhan, China
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b State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Lanhzou, China
E-mail: zguo@licp.cas.cn

Abstract

It is well known that properties of materials are largely determined by their structures. Here we introduce the special double-structural materials, which are composed of micrometre and nanometre building blocks and commonly exist in nature. This review mainly focuses on recent developments of double-structural and functional materials with special wettability. We highlight excellent properties possessed by micro- and nanostructures which initially originated from the organisms with special functions in the biological world. The excellent properties shown by such structures are discussed in three parts: special wettability, mechanical properties, and optical properties, primarily including superhydrophobicity, superhydrophilicity, superoleophobicity, low and high adhesion, low friction, structural color, antireflection and so on. We will also briefly address the research prospects and directions of micro- and nano-structures. Further study on the relationship between structures and properties will be conducive to better transfer micro- and nanostructures to the engineering materials so as to obtain desired performances and a wide range of applications.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1JM14327A
Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
02 Sep 2011
Accepted
17 Oct 2011
First published
21 Nov 2011

J. Mater. Chem., 2012,22, 799-815

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Recent progress of double-structural and functional materials with special wettability

Y. Zhang, Y. Chen, L. Shi, J. Li and Z. Guo, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 799 DOI: 10.1039/C1JM14327A

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