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<creatorName>Tighineanu, I.M.</creatorName>
<affiliation>Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Moldova, Republica</affiliation>
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<titles>
<title xml:lang='en'>New approaches for engineering superhydrophobic-superhydrophilic surfaces</title>
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<publisher>Instrumentul Bibliometric National</publisher>
<publicationYear>2021</publicationYear>
<relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType='ISBN' relationType='IsPartOf'>978-9975-45-776-7</relatedIdentifier>
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<date dateType='Issued'>2021</date>
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<description xml:lang='en' descriptionType='Abstract'><p>Over the last decades, it has been demonstrated that micro-nanostructuring of the solid-state materials is a powerful tool for developing surfaces with controlled hydrophobicity/hydrophilicity. The research has been inspired by nature, in particular by the so-called &ldquo;lotus effect&rdquo; describing a superhydrophobic state with antiadhesive properties allowing water droplets to bounce on a lotus leaf. Development of superhydrophobic surfaces with designed adhesion prove to be important for various applications such as self-cleaning, deicing, vapor condensation / water collection, controlled droplet transportation etc. We used combined top-down and bottom-up technological approaches for engineering micro-nanostructured surfaces with controlled hydrophobic-hydrophilic characteristics. In this work, promising hybrid solid-state nanomaterials consisting of hydrophobic and hydrophilic components will be demonstrated. Besides, we will address the prospects for using the developed nanomaterials for the purpose of manufacturing mini-bioreactors to study living cells in specific confined conditions as well as artificial membranes resembling the membranes of living cells.</p></description>
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