Nature-Inspired Surfaces for Water-Energy Nexus

Wanghuai Xu; Zuankai Wang

doi:10.1109/Transducers50396.2021.9495644

Nature-Inspired Surfaces for Water-Energy Nexus

Wanghuai Xu
, Zuankai Wang^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

Abstract

Water is the origin of life and energy. Despite its ubiquity and seeming simplicity, the water is probably the least understood matter in the world. The phase transition, transport, and manipulation, normally spanning different time and length scales, constitute the basic paradigm of numerous biological systems and industrial processes. Over the past decade, the advances in nature-inspired surfaces provide new dimensions in the fundamental understandings and control of interfacial and transport phenomena of water, especially on textured surfaces and under complicated working environments. This work discusses recent innovations at the nature-inspired surfaces and interfaces to address one of the most important challenges facing us today, i.e., water-energy nexus. In particular, We highlight how the rational design and control of topological structures enables us to fundamentally change the liquid-solid interaction and improve the water kinetic energy harvesting efficiency from various forms of water.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 21st International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers)
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	501-504
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665412674
ISBN (Print)	9781665448451
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/Transducers50396.2021.9495644
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	21st International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers 2021) - Virtual, Orlando, United States Duration: 20 Jun 2021 → 25 Jun 2021 https://www.transducers2021.org/ https://www.transducers2021.org/program/Transducers2021_Program.pdf https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/1000712/all-proceedings

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Name	International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers)
ISSN (Print)	2167-0013
ISSN (Electronic)	2167-0021

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Conference	21st International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers 2021)
Place	United States
City	Orlando
Period	20/06/21 → 25/06/21
Internet address	https://www.transducers2021.org/ https://www.transducers2021.org/program/Transducers2021_Program.pdf https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/1000712/all-proceedings

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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

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Nature-inspired surface
water-energy nexus

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Xu, W & Wang, Z 2021, Nature-Inspired Surfaces for Water-Energy Nexus. in 2021 21st International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers). International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers), IEEE, pp. 501-504, 21st International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers 2021), Orlando, Florida, United States, 20/06/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/Transducers50396.2021.9495644

Nature-Inspired Surfaces for Water-Energy Nexus. / Xu, Wanghuai; Wang, Zuankai.
2021 21st International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers). IEEE, 2021. p. 501-504 (International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers)).

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