TY - JOUR
T1 - Small Structures, Big Droplets
T2 - The Role of Nanoscience in Fog Harvesting
AU - Pinchasik, Bat El
AU - Kappl, Michael
AU - Butt, Hans Ju?rgen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2016/12/27
Y1 - 2016/12/27
N2 - Designing materials for water harvesting has gained much attention in recent years as water scarcity continues to be one of the biggest problems facing mankind. In this issue of ACS Nano, Xu et al. propose a new device for harvesting water from fog. They use conically shaped copper wires with periodic roughness to enhance condensation and transport of water drops. While the periodic roughness enhances drop coalescence and motion, the conical shape of the wires guides the drops in a specific direction. Together, a self-sustained water-harvesting system is described which does not require additional external stimulus but makes use of a smart design and economic production.
AB - Designing materials for water harvesting has gained much attention in recent years as water scarcity continues to be one of the biggest problems facing mankind. In this issue of ACS Nano, Xu et al. propose a new device for harvesting water from fog. They use conically shaped copper wires with periodic roughness to enhance condensation and transport of water drops. While the periodic roughness enhances drop coalescence and motion, the conical shape of the wires guides the drops in a specific direction. Together, a self-sustained water-harvesting system is described which does not require additional external stimulus but makes use of a smart design and economic production.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85009151676&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1021/acsnano.6b07535
DO - 10.1021/acsnano.6b07535
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C2 - 27936568
AN - SCOPUS:85009151676
SN - 1936-0851
VL - 10
SP - 10627
EP - 10630
JO - ACS Nano
JF - ACS Nano
IS - 12
ER -
