Aerogel fibers garner tremendous scientific interest due to their unique properties such as
ultrahigh porosity, large specific surface area, and ultralow thermal conductivity, enabling …

The robust self-cleaning of a lotus leaf is the most classic and powerful phenomenon in
nature, whose hybrid papillae and biological wax guarantee its functions. The stability of the …

Highly permeable particulate matter (PM) can carry various bacteria, viruses and toxics and
pose a serious threat to public health. Nevertheless, current respirators typically sacrifice …

Taxis is an instinctive behavior of living organisms to external dangers or benefits. Here, we
report a taxis-like behavior associated with liquid droplets on charged substrates in …

The power of spontaneous maneuvering of microfluids that allow gas or liquid to penetrate
along a single direction, is usually endowed with the wettability gradient and the Laplace …

Human exposure to microplastics (MPs), especially from indoor air, has aroused growing
public concern, but very little is known about the assessment of individual MPs inhalation …

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and particulate matter (PM) are both frequently present
in air as contaminants, posing serious health and environmental hazards. The current …

The tremendous menace of the COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the urgency for
antipathogen masks to stop the transmission of airborne infectious diseases. Most prevailing …

Two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials have been widely applied as building blocks of
nanoporous materials for high-precision separations. However, most existing 2D …

Microfluidics has experienced rapid progress in additive manufacturing and microfluidic soft
robots. The design of microfluidics is already moving into a more intelligent, integrated, and …