Some small animals only use water transport mechanisms passively driven by surface energies. However, little is known about passive water transport mechanisms because it is difficult to measure the wettability of microstructures in small areas and determine the chemistry of biological surfaces. Herein, we developed to directly analyse the structural effects of wettability of chemically modified...

Global food demand will strongly rise over the next decades, due to population growth, average income increases, and trends towards higher consumption of animal products. Agricultural and food production already account for 70 percent of total freshwater withdrawals in the world. In addition, future water demand from private households, industry and for environmental purposes will also rise. Ov...

Agriculture has a significant role in countries’ economy, but irrigation process consumes both power and water resources. Since agriculture the goal is to maximize crop’s yields with minimize costs, it important design national smart system optimal allocation of resources especially plantation area little rains. In this work, an optimized on-demand proposed manage consumed field. The controls b...

As projections highlight that half of the global population will be living in regions facing severe water scarcity by 2050, sustainable management policies and practices are more imperative than ever. Following Sustainable Development Goals for equitable access prudent use natural resources, emerging digital technologies may foster efficient monitoring, control, optimization, forecasting freshw...

We designed a kind of smart bioinspired fiber using the N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAAm) polymer, with roughness and curvature features similar to those of wetted spider silk. The motion of tiny water droplets can be manipulated reversibly in directions by the effective cooperation of multi-gradients such as roughness, curvature and temperature-responsive wettability.

Recently, a rapid growth in the population in urban regions demands the provision of services and infrastructure. These needs can be come up wit the use of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, such as sensors, actuators, smartphones and smart systems. This leans to building Smart City towards the next generation Super City planning. However, as thousands of IoT devices are interconnecting and comm...