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Micro–Nano Hierarchical Structure Enhanced Strong Wet Friction Surface Inspired by Tree Frogs
Superior wet attachment and friction performance without the need of special external or preloaded normal force, similar to the tree frog's toe pad, is highly essential for biomedical engineering, wearable flexible electronics, etc. Although various pillar surfaces are proposed to enhance wet adhesion or friction, their mechanisms remain on micropillar arrays to extrude interfacial liquid via an external force. Here, two‐level micropillar arrays with nanocavities on top are discovered on the toe pads of a tree frog, and they exhibit strong boundary friction ≈20 times higher than dry and wet friction without the need of a special external or preloaded normal force. Microscale in situ observations show that the specific micro–nano hierarchical pillars in turn trigger three‐level liquid adjusting phenomena, including two‐level liquid self‐splitting and liquid self‐sucking effects. Under these effects, uniform nanometer‐thick liquid bridges form spontaneously on all pillars to generate strong boundary friction, which can be ≈2 times higher than for single‐level pillar surfaces and ≈3.5 times higher than for smooth surfaces. Finally, theoretical models of boundary friction in terms of self‐splitting and self‐sucking are built to reveal the importance of liquid behavior induced by micro–nano hierarchical structure.
Micro–Nano Hierarchical Structure Enhanced Strong Wet Friction Surface Inspired by Tree Frogs
Superior wet attachment and friction performance without the need of special external or preloaded normal force, similar to the tree frog's toe pad, is highly essential for biomedical engineering, wearable flexible electronics, etc. Although various pillar surfaces are proposed to enhance wet adhesion or friction, their mechanisms remain on micropillar arrays to extrude interfacial liquid via an external force. Here, two‐level micropillar arrays with nanocavities on top are discovered on the toe pads of a tree frog, and they exhibit strong boundary friction ≈20 times higher than dry and wet friction without the need of a special external or preloaded normal force. Microscale in situ observations show that the specific micro–nano hierarchical pillars in turn trigger three‐level liquid adjusting phenomena, including two‐level liquid self‐splitting and liquid self‐sucking effects. Under these effects, uniform nanometer‐thick liquid bridges form spontaneously on all pillars to generate strong boundary friction, which can be ≈2 times higher than for single‐level pillar surfaces and ≈3.5 times higher than for smooth surfaces. Finally, theoretical models of boundary friction in terms of self‐splitting and self‐sucking are built to reveal the importance of liquid behavior induced by micro–nano hierarchical structure.
Micro–Nano Hierarchical Structure Enhanced Strong Wet Friction Surface Inspired by Tree Frogs
Zhang, Liwen (author) / Chen, Huawei (author) / Guo, Yurun (author) / Wang, Yan (author) / Jiang, Yonggang (author) / Zhang, Deyuan (author) / Ma, Liran (author) / Luo, Jianbin (author) / Jiang, Lei (author)
Advanced Science ; 7
2020-10-01
11 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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