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  • Water scarcity is a critical global issue.
  • Biomimetic materials offer innovative solutions for water collection by mimicking natural mechanisms.
  • Understanding biological water harvesting strategies is key to developing advanced materials.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review research progress on biomimetic water collection materials.
  • To focus on biological prototypes, operational mechanisms, and biomimetic design principles.
  • To provide a theoretical reference for structural design and performance enhancement of these materials.

Main Methods:

  • Review of natural water-collecting surfaces (e.g., spider silk, desert beetles, cactus spines, shorebird beaks).
  • Analysis of biological mechanisms for water capture and transport (e.g., Laplace pressure, surface energy gradients, heterogeneous wettability, liquid bridge effects).
  • Examination of biomimetic material designs inspired by these natural prototypes.

Main Results:

  • Nature provides diverse, highly efficient water collection strategies.
  • Structure-function synergy in biological systems is crucial for water collection.
  • Biomimetic materials inspired by nature show significant potential for high-efficiency water collection.

Conclusions:

  • Bio-inspiration is vital for developing next-generation high-efficiency water collection materials.
  • Further research into biomimetic designs can address engineering challenges.
  • These materials hold promise for advancing applications in water-scarce regions.