Recently, Yale Scientific Magazine published an article named as “ repurposed: From Garden Destroyer to Lab Assistant”. The article detailed our previous work on dandelion (see here:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adfm.201606607) that published on Advanced Functional Materials, and also laid stress on the novelty of our research routine. It written “according to Feng Xu, one of the professors involved in the research—lies in a fine balance between two opposing factors: the surface tension of the liquid, and the stiffness of hairs on the seed”.

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