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

Tao Shen; Ning Li; Shijie Liu; Cunlong Yu; Chengqi Zhang; Kang Yang; Xingfei Li; Ruochen Fang; Lei Jiang; Zhichao Dong

doi:10.1088/2631-7990/ad2cde

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.

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

1 Research 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;

2 CAS 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;

3 CAS 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;

4 School of Future Technology & School of Nanoscience and Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101407, People's Republic of China;

5 School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026 Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China;

6 Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research, University of Science and Technology of China, 215123 Suzhou, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China;

7 State Key Laboratory of Precision Measuring Technology and Instruments, Tianjin University, 300072 Tianjin, People's Republic of China

Publish Date: 2024-03-11

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

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