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Japanese researchers recently took inspiration from the surface structure of a termite's wings to create a new material that collects water droplets from fog.
In a paper published in the new issue of the British journal Communication Chemistry, researchers at Longgu University in Japan say they have studied a termite that lives in Australia, which bleachs during the rainy season and has unique structural features on its wing surface that absorb tiny droplets of fog from the air to form water droplets and then bounce them off.
researchers were inspired to mix two two vinyl vinyl molecules to create a crystalline film that successfully simulated the surface structure of the termite's wings
. The membrane absorbs tiny droplets of water less than 100 microns in diameter similar to those in nature and forms larger droplets for collection and utilization.
team believes the technology could be used in the future to develop surface self-purification materials, as well as to collect moisture from the fog.