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Author: Hensel, René × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2019 × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2015 × DDC: 530 × Type: Article ×

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    The springtail cuticle as a blueprint for omniphobic surfaces
    (Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015) Hensel, René; Neinhuis, Christoph; Werner, Carsten
    Omniphobic surfaces found in nature have great potential for enabling novel and emerging products and technologies to facilitate the daily life of human societies. One example is the water and even oil-repellent cuticle of springtails (Collembola). The wingless arthropods evolved a highly textured, hierarchically arranged surface pattern that affords mechanical robustness and wetting resistance even at elevated hydrostatic pressures. Springtail cuticle-derived surfaces therefore promise to overcome limitations of lotus-inspired surfaces (low durability, insufficient repellence of low surface tension liquids). In this review, we report on the liquid-repellent natural surfaces of arthropods living in aqueous or temporarily flooded habitats including water-walking insects or water spiders. In particular, we focus on springtails presenting an overview on the cuticular morphology and chemistry and their biological relevance. Based on the obtained liquid repellence of a variety of liquids with remarkable efficiency, the review provides general design criteria for robust omniphobic surfaces. In particular, the resistance against complete wetting and the mechanical stability strongly both depend on the topographical features of the nano- and micropatterned surface. The current understanding of the underlying principles and approaches to their technological implementation are summarized and discussed.
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    Bioinspired polydimethylsiloxane-based composites with high shear resistance against wet tissue
    (Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2016) Fischer, Sarah C.L.; Levy, Oren; Kroner, Elmar; Hensel, René; Karp, Jeffrey M.; Arzt, Eduard
    Patterned microstructures represent a potential approach for improving current wound closure strategies. Microstructures can be fabricated by multiple techniques including replica molding of soft polymer-based materials. However, polymeric microstructures often lack the required shear resistance with tissue needed for wound closure. In this work, scalable microstructures made from composites based on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) were explored to enhance the shear resistance with wet tissue. To achieve suitable mechanical properties, PDMS was reinforced by incorporation of polyethylene (PE) particles into the pre-polymer and by coating PE particle reinforced substrates with parylene. The reinforced microstructures showed a 6-fold enhancement, the coated structures even a 13-fold enhancement in Young׳s modulus over pure PDMS. Shear tests of mushroom-shaped microstructures (diameter 450 µm, length 1 mm) against chicken muscle tissue demonstrate first correlations that will be useful for future design of wound closure or stabilization implants.