High-efficiency water collection on biomimetic material with superwettable patterns.

A superhydrophilic surface with two superhydrophobic circular patterns was fabricated via a simple and rapid route, showing outstanding fog harvesting properties with a water collection rate (WCR) of 1316.9 mg h-1 cm-2. Water collection can be repeated on the sample 10 times without obvious change in the WCR.

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