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who translate nature’s discoveries into advanced materials technologies to improve human life.
SLIPS: Slippery Liquid Infused Porous Surfaces Inspired by the Nepenthes Pitcher Plants
How the slick strategy of pitcher plants inspires
a new coating that repels almost everything?
Nature 477: 443 – 447 (2011) | Watch Video
Image Credit: Jing Wang and Nan Sun/Wong Lab
LESS: Liquid Entrenched Smooth Surface
A self-cleaning coating that repels human waste and bacteria for extreme water saving and global sanitation
Nature Sustainability 2: 1097 – 1105 (2019) | Watch Video
Image Credit: Lin Wang and Jing Wang/Wong Lab
Synthetic Brochosomes: Form and Function
Pictured is an array of 3D printed microscale synthetic brochosome, enabling the study of the relationship between the geometric form of brochosomes and thier optical functions.
Image Credit: Lin Wang/Wong Lab
Ultra-antireflective Synthetic Brochosomes
Microscale soccer-ball-like particles that prevent reflection of light from all directions with applications in camouflage and anti-reflective coatings
Nature Communications 8, 1285 (2017) | Read more
Image Credit: Shikuan Yang and Birgitt Boschitsch/Wong Lab
Self-Healing Liquid Membrane as a Reverse Filter
Self-healing liquid membranes allow large particles to pass while retaining small particles with applications beyond the reach of any solid membrane technologies
Science Advances 4: aat3276 (2018) | Watch Video
Image Credit: Birgitt Boschitsch/Wong Lab
SLIPSERS – SLIPS-enhanced Raman Scattering
An ultrasensitive detection platform capable of detecting single chemical and biological molecules in liquids, gas, and solids
PNAS 113: 268 – 273 (2016) | Read more
Image Credit: Shikuan Yang and Birgitt Boschitsch/Wong Lab
SLIPS-LAB
An anti-fouling microfluidic chip for autonomous fluid transport and mixing of body fluids for point-of-care disease diagnostics
Science Advances 6: eaba8535 (2020) | Read more
Image Credit: Hui Li and Pak Kin Wong
Insect-Inspired Water Repellent Surface
Compact nanoscale textures on insect surfaces reduce contact time of bouncing droplets with applications in fouling-resistant personal protective equipment (PPE) and autonomous drones.
Science Advances 6: eabb2307 (2020) | Watch Video
Image Credit: Lin Wang/Wong Lab
Atmospheric Water Harvesting
Hydrophilic directional slippery rough surfaces outperform conventional surfaces in water harvesting
Science Advances 4, eaaq0919 (2018) | Watch video
Image Credit: Xianming Dai/Wong Lab
Slippery Rough Surfaces
A cross-species, bio-inspired surface that can repel fluids in any wetting state
ACS Nano 9: 9260 – 9267 (2015) | Watch Video