Haimin Yao

Dec 5, 2024 | nature.com | Wei Zhang |Yuankai Jin |Chenyang Wu |Wanghuai Xu |Haimin Yao

AbstractPreventing water droplet accretion on surfaces is fundamentally interesting and practically important. Water droplets at room temperature can spontaneously detach from surfaces through texture design or coalescence-induced surface-to-kinetic energy transformation. However, under freezing conditions, these strategies become ineffective owing to the stronger droplet–surface interaction and the lack of an energy transformation pathway.

Apr 11, 2024 | sciencedirect.com | Haimin Yao |Chong Zhang

It is well known that geckos have evolved unique adhesive organs and elaborate structures allowing them to climb and run rapidly on almost any surface with the van der Waals forces generated at the intimate contact interface [1], [2]. The agile locomotion of geckos is mainly attributed to their sophisticated hierarchical adhesive systems and reversible adhesion ability.