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Microhoneycomb Monoliths Prepared by the Unidirectional Freeze-drying of Cellulose Nanofiber Based Sols: Method and Extensions
Published on: May 24, 2018
Special adhesion of natural honeycomb walls and their application
Tianqi Guo1, Muchen Li, Liping Heng
1School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University, 100191 China. henglp@iccas.ac.cn.
Abstract:
In this paper, we investigated the wettability and adhesive behavior of the natural honeycomb wall for water and honey droplets. The cell walls have hydrophobic and highly adhesive properties for both water and honey in air. This highly adhesive cell wall was used as a "mechanical hand" to transfer micro-droplets. These findings will help us to comprehensively understand the surface properties of honeycomb walls, and will provide a novel strategy for achieving functional biomimetics based on honeycombs.
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