Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41370371›Full record

ArticleScience advances2025

Scalable manufacturing of multifunctional insect wing membrane via interfacial lase-and-peel strategy.

Jing Bian, Yuxing Ma, Hong Ling, Xiang Zhou, Lei Liu, Xingyu Yuan, Wenjing Li, Mengxin Gai, Brian Arianpour, Shaolei Wang and 3 more

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Science advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Jing BianState Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.ORCID 0009-0008-9406-6284
Yuxing MaState Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.ORCID 0009-0009-8901-7944
Hong LingState Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
Xiang ZhouCollege of Electronic and Optical Engineering and College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China.
Lei LiuState Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.ORCID 0009-0001-9212-9033
Xingyu YuanState Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.ORCID 0009-0002-4929-1411
Wenjing LiCollege of Electronic and Optical Engineering and College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China.
Mengxin GaiState Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.ORCID 0009-0007-5824-6539
Brian ArianpourDepartment of Bioengineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Shaolei WangDepartment of Bioengineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8991-0550
Yunlei ZhouState Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4645-4844
Junwen ZhongDepartment of Electromechanical Engineering and Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, University of Macau, Macau SAR, 999078, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0232-1604
YongAn HuangState Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7713-8380

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Insect wings have unique, irregular nanopillars with multifaceted properties. One of the great challenges in broader applications of insect wing-inspired surfaces is to mass-produce insect-wing nanoarchitectures (IWNs) on ultrathin and durable substrates that can be integrated onto any planar/nonplanar surfaces. This study presents a simple method for producing IWNs on ultrathin polyimide (PI) films. An ultraviolet laser irradiates the PI-glass interface, generating gas that induces the nucleation, growth, and coalescence of nanobubbles, leading to the formation of nanopillars at the interface. Mechanical peeling then delaminates the PI film from glass along the middle of these nanopillars, creating IWNs on both PI film and glass. The artificial wing membrane (thickness < 500 nanometers) closely mimics natural dragonfly wings and can be seamlessly integrated onto contact lenses, demonstrating enhanced optical and bactericidal capabilities. This approach offers exceptional dimensional compatibility and high-throughput, potentially addressing scalability limitations that hinder broader applications of insect wing-inspired superfunctional surfaces.

Indexed as

InsectaMembranes, ArtificialWings, AnimalAnimalsNanostructuresOdonataSurface PropertiesMembranes, Artificial

Identifiers

PMID41370371
PMCPMC12694025

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.