Desert Beetle-Inspired Hybrid Wettability Surfaces for Fog Collection Fabricated by 3D Printing and Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment
Freshwater resources that humans can use directly account for 2.5 percent. Fog collection from the atmosphere is an eco-friendly and potential solution to the water shortage crisis. This study presents a biomimetic approach to fog collection inspired by the Namib Desert beetle and cacti. Using fused...
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| description | Freshwater resources that humans can use directly account for 2.5 percent. Fog collection from the atmosphere is an eco-friendly and potential solution to the water shortage crisis. This study presents a biomimetic approach to fog collection inspired by the Namib Desert beetle and cacti. Using fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printing and atmospheric pressure plasma (APP) treatment, we fabricated hybrid wettability surfaces combining hydrophobic polypropylene (PP) and super hydrophilic polycarbonate (PC). These surfaces significantly improved fog collection efficiency, achieving 366.2 g/m<sup>2</sup>/h rates by leveraging the Laplace pressure gradient and hybrid wettability gradient. This work provides an efficient and effective methodology to fabricate hybrid wetting surfaces and can be potentially applied to fog harvesting and microfluidic devices. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-904302b232d1465bb7f3ab56513bf2ea2025-08-20T02:11:00ZengMDPI AGBiomimetics2313-76732025-02-0110314310.3390/biomimetics10030143Desert Beetle-Inspired Hybrid Wettability Surfaces for Fog Collection Fabricated by 3D Printing and Atmospheric Pressure Plasma TreatmentChia-Yi Lin0Ting-An Teng1Haw-Kai Chang2Po-Yu Chen3Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300044, TaiwanDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300044, TaiwanDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300044, TaiwanDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300044, TaiwanFreshwater resources that humans can use directly account for 2.5 percent. Fog collection from the atmosphere is an eco-friendly and potential solution to the water shortage crisis. This study presents a biomimetic approach to fog collection inspired by the Namib Desert beetle and cacti. Using fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printing and atmospheric pressure plasma (APP) treatment, we fabricated hybrid wettability surfaces combining hydrophobic polypropylene (PP) and super hydrophilic polycarbonate (PC). These surfaces significantly improved fog collection efficiency, achieving 366.2 g/m<sup>2</sup>/h rates by leveraging the Laplace pressure gradient and hybrid wettability gradient. This work provides an efficient and effective methodology to fabricate hybrid wetting surfaces and can be potentially applied to fog harvesting and microfluidic devices.https://www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/10/3/143fog collectionbio-inspiredNamib Desert beetlecacti3D printingatmospheric pressure plasma |
| spellingShingle | Chia-Yi Lin Ting-An Teng Haw-Kai Chang Po-Yu Chen Desert Beetle-Inspired Hybrid Wettability Surfaces for Fog Collection Fabricated by 3D Printing and Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment Biomimetics fog collection bio-inspired Namib Desert beetle cacti 3D printing atmospheric pressure plasma |
| title | Desert Beetle-Inspired Hybrid Wettability Surfaces for Fog Collection Fabricated by 3D Printing and Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment |
| title_full | Desert Beetle-Inspired Hybrid Wettability Surfaces for Fog Collection Fabricated by 3D Printing and Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment |
| title_fullStr | Desert Beetle-Inspired Hybrid Wettability Surfaces for Fog Collection Fabricated by 3D Printing and Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Desert Beetle-Inspired Hybrid Wettability Surfaces for Fog Collection Fabricated by 3D Printing and Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment |
| title_short | Desert Beetle-Inspired Hybrid Wettability Surfaces for Fog Collection Fabricated by 3D Printing and Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment |
| title_sort | desert beetle inspired hybrid wettability surfaces for fog collection fabricated by 3d printing and atmospheric pressure plasma treatment |
| topic | fog collection bio-inspired Namib Desert beetle cacti 3D printing atmospheric pressure plasma |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/10/3/143 |
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