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Bioinspired polymer microstructures for directional transport of oily liquids
Nature has always served as an inspiration for scientists, helping them to solve a large diversity of technical problems. In our case, we are interested in the directional transport of oily liquids and as a model for this application we used the flat bug Dysodius lunatus. In this report, we present...
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2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5383830/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28405373 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160849 |
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author | Plamadeala, C. Hischen, F. Friesenecker, R. Wollhofen, R. Jacak, J. Buchberger, G. Heiss, E. Klar, T.A. Baumgartner, W. Heitz, J. |
author_facet | Plamadeala, C. Hischen, F. Friesenecker, R. Wollhofen, R. Jacak, J. Buchberger, G. Heiss, E. Klar, T.A. Baumgartner, W. Heitz, J. |
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description | Nature has always served as an inspiration for scientists, helping them to solve a large diversity of technical problems. In our case, we are interested in the directional transport of oily liquids and as a model for this application we used the flat bug Dysodius lunatus. In this report, we present arrays of drops looking like polymer microstructures produced by the two-photon polymerization technique that mimic the micro-ornamentation from the bug's cuticle. A good directionality of oil transport was achieved, directly controlled by the direction of the pointed microstructures at the surface. If the tips of the drop-like microstructures are pointing towards the left side, the liquid front moves to the right and vice versa. Similar effects could be expected for the transport of oily lubricants. These results could, therefore, be interesting for applications in friction and wear reduction. |
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spelling | pubmed-53838302017-04-12 Bioinspired polymer microstructures for directional transport of oily liquids Plamadeala, C. Hischen, F. Friesenecker, R. Wollhofen, R. Jacak, J. Buchberger, G. Heiss, E. Klar, T.A. Baumgartner, W. Heitz, J. R Soc Open Sci Biochemistry and Biophysics Nature has always served as an inspiration for scientists, helping them to solve a large diversity of technical problems. In our case, we are interested in the directional transport of oily liquids and as a model for this application we used the flat bug Dysodius lunatus. In this report, we present arrays of drops looking like polymer microstructures produced by the two-photon polymerization technique that mimic the micro-ornamentation from the bug's cuticle. A good directionality of oil transport was achieved, directly controlled by the direction of the pointed microstructures at the surface. If the tips of the drop-like microstructures are pointing towards the left side, the liquid front moves to the right and vice versa. Similar effects could be expected for the transport of oily lubricants. These results could, therefore, be interesting for applications in friction and wear reduction. The Royal Society Publishing 2017-03-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5383830/ /pubmed/28405373 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160849 Text en © 2017 The Authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Biochemistry and Biophysics Plamadeala, C. Hischen, F. Friesenecker, R. Wollhofen, R. Jacak, J. Buchberger, G. Heiss, E. Klar, T.A. Baumgartner, W. Heitz, J. Bioinspired polymer microstructures for directional transport of oily liquids |
title | Bioinspired polymer microstructures for directional transport of oily liquids |
title_full | Bioinspired polymer microstructures for directional transport of oily liquids |
title_fullStr | Bioinspired polymer microstructures for directional transport of oily liquids |
title_full_unstemmed | Bioinspired polymer microstructures for directional transport of oily liquids |
title_short | Bioinspired polymer microstructures for directional transport of oily liquids |
title_sort | bioinspired polymer microstructures for directional transport of oily liquids |
topic | Biochemistry and Biophysics |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5383830/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28405373 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160849 |
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