International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, Volume. 6, Issue 3, 35502(2024)

Fast prototype and rapid construction of three-dimensional and multi-scaled pitcher for controlled drainage by systematic biomimicry

Tao Shen1...2, Ning Li2,3,4, Shijie Liu2,5,6, Cunlong Yu2,4, Chengqi Zhang2,4, Kang Yang2,4, Xingfei Li7, Ruochen Fang1,*, Lei Jiang1,2,6, and Zhichao Dong24 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Research Institute for Frontier Science, Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education Beijing, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191,People’s Republic of China
  • 2CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interfacial Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
  • 3CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Beijing Key Laboratory of Micro-nano Energy and Sensor,Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083,People’s Republic of China
  • 4School of Future Technology & School of Nanoscience and Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101407, People’s Republic of China
  • 5School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026 Hefei, Anhui, People’s Republic of China
  • 6Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research, University of Science and Technology of China, 215123 Suzhou, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China
  • 7State Key Laboratory of Precision Measuring Technology and Instruments, Tianjin University, 300072 Tianjin, People’s Republic of China
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    Biomimetic materials that use natural wisdom to solve practical problems are developing rapidly. The trend for systematic biomimicry is towards in-situ characterization of natural creatures with high spatial resolutions. Furthermore, rapid reconstruction of digital twin models with the same complex features as the prototype is indispensable. However, it faces bottlenecks and limits in fast characterization and fabrication, precise parameter optimization, geometric deviations control, and quality prediction. To solve these challenges, here, we demonstrate a state-of-the-art method taking advantage of micro-computed tomography and three-dimensional printing for the fast characterization of the pitcher plant Nepenthes x ventrata and fabrication of its biomimetic model to obtain a superior drainage controller with multiscale structures with precise surface morphology optimization and geometric deviation control. The film-rupture-based drainage dynamic and mechanisms are characterized by x-ray and high-speed videography, which determines the crucial structures for unique directional drainage. Then the optimized artificial pitchers are further developed into sustained drainage devices with novel applications, such as detection, reaction, and smoke control.

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    Tao Shen, Ning Li, Shijie Liu, Cunlong Yu, Chengqi Zhang, Kang Yang, Xingfei Li, Ruochen Fang, Lei Jiang, Zhichao Dong. Fast prototype and rapid construction of three-dimensional and multi-scaled pitcher for controlled drainage by systematic biomimicry[J]. International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, 2024, 6(3): 35502

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    Paper Information

    Received: Sep. 19, 2023

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 11, 2024

    The Author Email: Fang Ruochen (lining@mail.ipc.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.1088/2631-7990/ad2cde

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