Zuankai Wang

Nov 15, 2024 | nature.com | Yanhong Li |Wenchang Zhao |Ying Zhou |Shuxian Tang |Shiyu Wang |Zuankai Wang

AbstractThe rebound of liquid droplets on solid surfaces exhibits behavior reminiscent of elastic spheres, albeit with distinct contact dynamics. While the rapid detachment of droplets from surfaces holds significant relevance for various applications, previous endeavors relying on engineered surfaces can only reduce the contact time to several milliseconds, primarily due to capillary effects dominating droplet bounce.

May 7, 2024 | nature.com | Zuankai Wang

AbstractAn electronic tongue (E-tongue) comprises a series of sensors that simulate human perception of taste and embedded artificial intelligence (AI) for data analysis and recognition. Traditional E-tongues based on electrochemical methods suffer from a bulky size and require larger sample volumes and extra power sources, limiting their applications in in vivo medical diagnosis and analytical chemistry.

Feb 7, 2024 | nature.com | Zuankai Wang

Designing liquid devices with liquid pathways that can be reconfigured on-demand is important to many chemical and biological applications. Now, a facile approach enables reconfigurable liquid devices through precisely arranged connected liquid droplets that can be rapidly assembled and disassembled.

Aug 17, 2023 | nature.com | Zuankai Wang

Addressing the global water crisis requires technologies suited to harvest alternative sources of freshwater. Now, a bifunctional fog harvester offers a promising avenue for concurrent water collection and decontamination. The intriguing photocatalytic power storage behaviour is reminiscent of ‘photocatalytic memory’, also known as dark photocatalysis, a mechanism plants adapted to capture intermittent solar energy for continuous metabolic processes4,5.