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Paper | Open Access

Bionic microchannels for step lifting transpiration

Zhaolong Wang1 ( ), Qiu Yin2, Ziheng Zhan1, Wenhao Li1, Mingzhu Xie1, Huigao Duan1, Ping Cheng2, Ce Zhang3, Yongping Chen4,5 ( ), Zhichao Dong6( )
Interdisciplinary Research Center of Low-carbon Technology and Equipment, College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, People’s Republic of China
MOE Key Laboratory for Power Machinery and Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People’s Republic of China
Qian Xuesen Laboratory of Space Technology, China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), Beijing 100094, People’s Republic of China
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Micro and Nano Heat Fluid Flow Technology and Energy Application, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215009, People’s Republic of China
Key Laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education, School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, People’s Republic of China
Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interface Sciences, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190 Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Abstract

Those various cross-sectional vessels in trees transfer water to as high as 100 meters, but the traditional fabrication methods limit the manufacturing of those vessels, resulting in the non-availability of those bionic microchannels. Herein, we fabricate those bionic microchannels with various cross-sections by employing projection micro-stereolithography (PµSL) based 3D printing technique. The circumradius of bionic microchannels (pentagonal, square, triangle, and five-pointed star) can be as small as 100 μm with precisely fabricated sharp corners. What’s more, those bionic microchannels demonstrate marvelous microfluidic performance with strong precursor effects enabled by their sharp corners. Most significantly, those special properties of our bionic microchannels enable them outstanding step lifting performance to transport water to tens of millimeters, though the water can only be transported to at most 20 mm for a single bionic microchannel. The mimicked transpiration based on the step lifting of water from bionic microchannels is also achieved. Those precisely fabricated, low-cost, various cross-sectional bionic microchannels promise applications as microfluidic chips, long-distance unpowered water transportation, step lifting, mimicked transpiration, and so on.

Keywords

3D printingmicrofluidicsbionic microchannelwater transportationstep lifting

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International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing
Volume 5 Issue 2,
June 2023
Pages 025502-025502
DOI: 10.1088/2631-7990/acbcff
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Wang Z, Yin Q, Zhan Z, et al. Bionic microchannels for step lifting transpiration. International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, 2023, 5(2): 025502. https://doi.org/10.1088/2631-7990/acbcff

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Received: 26 September 2022
Revised: 18 October 2022
Accepted: 17 February 2023
Published: 10 March 2023
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