Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Overview of Research on Atmospheric Water Collection -- 1.2 Development of Biomimetic Fog Collection -- 1.3 Biomimetic Inspiration for Collecting Fog -- 1.4 Biomimetic Fog Collection Performance Evaluation -- References -- Chapter 2 Natural Prototype of the Bionic Fog Collection -- 2.1 Fog Collection of Bionic Prototype Plants -- 2.1.1 Cactus -- 2.1.2 Nepenthes -- 2.1.3 Iron Orchid -- 2.1.4 Other Bionic Plant Objects -- 2.1.4.1 Arthmoss -- 2.1.4.2 Cotula Fallax -- 2.1.4.3 Bermuda Grass -- 2.1.4.4 Larch

2.1.4.5 Dry Wheat Grass -- 2.2 Fog Collection of Bionic Prototype Animals -- 2.2.1 Desert Beetles -- 2.2.2 Spider Silk -- 2.2.3 Desert Lizards -- 2.2.4 Other Animal Inspiration -- 2.2.4.1 Musick -- 2.2.4.2 The Caterpillars and the Earthworms -- 2.2.4.3 Cicada Wing -- 2.2.4.4 Water Bird Beak -- References -- Chapter 3 Basic Theory -- 3.1 The Theory of Fog Harvesting -- 3.1.1 Fog Capture -- 3.1.1.1 Young's Equation and Wenzel-Cassie Theory -- 3.1.1.2 Thermodynamic Perspective - Nucleation of Fog Droplets -- 3.1.2 Fog Droplet Coalesce -- 3.1.3 Droplet Transport -- 3.1.3.1 Laplace Driving Force

3.1.3.2 Wetting Gradient Driving Force -- 3.1.3.3 Energy Input Driving Force -- 3.2 The Theory of Atmospheric Water Harvesting -- 3.2.1 Langmuir Model -- 3.2.2 Brunauer-Emmett-Teller Adsorption Isotherm Model -- 3.2.3 Freundlich Adsorption Isotherm Model -- 3.2.4 Dubinin-Radushkevich Adsorption Isotherm Model -- 3.2.5 Temkin Adsorption Isotherm Model -- 3.2.6 MOF- and COF-Based Water Adsorption-Release Mechanism -- 3.2.7 Hydrogel-Based Water Adsorption-Release Mechanism -- References -- Chapter 4 Factors of Fog Harvesting -- 4.1 Mesh Characteristic -- 4.1.1 Biological Fog Trap

4.1.2 Mesh Materials -- 4.1.3 Mesh Porosity -- 4.1.4 Geometric Design of Mesh -- 4.2 Collector Design -- 4.2.1 Micro-Nano Structure on the Surface -- 4.2.2 One-Dimensional Fog Collection Structure -- 4.2.3 Two-Dimensional Fog Collection Structure -- 4.2.4 Three-Dimensional Fog Collection Structure -- 4.3 Wettability of the Collector -- 4.4 Collector Durability -- 4.5 Environmental Factors -- 4.5.1 Temperature -- 4.5.2 Wind Speed and Relative Humidity -- 4.5.3 Direction of Fog Flow -- 4.5.4 Liquid Water Content of Fog -- 4.5.5 Drop Size Distribution -- 4.5.6 Terrain, Elevation and Climate