Preparations of the Artificial Plastron Device by Self-Organized Honeycomb-Patterned Films
Preparations of the Artificial Plastron Device by Self-Organized Honeycomb-Patterned Films
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DOI：
10.1380/ejssnt.2015.90
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发表时间：
2015-01-01
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0.7
通讯作者：
Shimomura, Masatsugu
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作者：
Hirai, Yuji;Yanagi, Naoki;Shimomura, Masatsugu
氧气是人类或自主水下航行器在水中行动不可或缺的资源。然而，在目前的情况下，由于O-2气瓶的容量，它是有限的。在自然界中，有一些昆虫，它们利用超疏水的毛发结构作为物理鳃，半永久性地生活在水中。我们专注于这个物理鳃的胸甲和制备人工胸甲通过使用自组织蜂窝图案的薄膜。结果，获得了耐久的蜂窝图案的膜抵抗水压，并且O-2通过膜从空气转移到水中。这一现象表明蜂窝状薄膜具有作为人工胸甲的可能性。
Oxygen is an indispensable resource for action of humans or autonomous underwater vehicles in water. However, it is limited in the present situation because of a capacity of O-2 cylinders. In nature, there are some insects, which utilize superhydrophobic hair structures as physical gills, semipermanently living in water. We focused on this physical gill of the plastron and prepared artificial plastrons by using self-organized honeycomb-patterned films. As result, durable honeycomb-patterned films resisting water pressure were obtained, and O-2 transferred from air to water though the films. This phenomenon suggests the honeycomb-patterned films showed possibility of use as artificial plastrons.