Bioinspired Fibers: Large‐Scale Fabrication of Bioinspired Fibers for Directional Water Collection (Small 24/2011)

Large-scale fabrication of inexpensive and durable bioinspired fibers is realized by a fluid-coating method, which may be a feasible solution to the global water shortage problem. With the formation of spindle-knots on nylon fibers due to the Rayleigh instability, the as-prepared bioinspired fibers have the ability to directionally collect water from fog, which is similar to that of the natural spider silks.