Design of a unidirectional water-transport skin-derived wearable material through engineering a natural pore-size gradient for personal wet–thermal management
Lu Gao, Yan Bao, Peng Lei, Sike Yu, Xiaofeng Zhu, Chao Liu, Wenbo Zhang, Jianzhong Ma
Abstract
A novel unidirectional water-transport skin-derived wearable material (UWT-Skin) is skillfully engineered based on a natural pore-size gradient, which demonstrates low wet adhesion, enhanced skin-drying, along with no excessive cooling effect.
Topics & Concepts
Natural (archaeology)ThermalMaterials scienceGeologyPhysicsThermodynamicsPaleontologyBuilding Energy and Comfort OptimizationThermal Radiation and Cooling TechnologiesUrban Heat Island Mitigation