Quantitative assessment to the structural basis of water repellency in natural and technical surfaces

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 385, 2003, Pages 1295-1303

  Wagner, P ^a   Furstner R ^a   Barthlott, W ^a   Neinhuis, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Epicuticular wax; Plant cuticle; Water repellency

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELLS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TENSION; WAXES; WETTING;

SPHERICAL DROPLETS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

METAL; METHANOL; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL SURFACE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAF; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METALS; METHANOL; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAVES; WATER;

CELLS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLANTS; SURFACE TENSION; WAX; WETTING;

EID: 0037385206     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg127     Document Type: Article

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