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PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES
Volume 367, Issue 1893, Pages 1511-1539Publisher
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0008
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biomimetics; biomaterials; self-cleaning
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Biological surfaces (plant leaves, lizard and insect attachment pads, fish scales, etc.) have remarkable properties due to their hierarchical structure. This structure is a consequence of the hierarchical organization of biological tissues. The hierarchical organization of the surfaces allows plants and creatures to adapt to energy dissipation and transition mechanisms with various characteristic scale lengths. At the same time, an addition of a micro-/nanoscale hierarchical level, for example of surface roughness, can change qualitatively the properties of a system and introduce multiple equilibriums, instability and dissipation. Thus, small roughness has a large effect. In particular, a small change of surface roughness can lead to a large change in the capillary force. The capillary effects are crucial for small-scale applications. Multiscale organization of the biomimetic surfaces and their adaptation to capillary effects make them suitable for applications using new principles of energy transition (e.g. capillary engines) and environment-friendly technologies (e.g. self-cleaning oleophobic surfaces).
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