Structure-function relationships of the plant cuticle and cuticular waxes - A smart material?

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 893-910

  Bargel, Hendrik ^a,c   Koch, Kerstin ^b   Cerman, Zdenek ^b   Neinhuis, Christoph ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

AFM; Anti adhesive surfaces; Biomimetics; Biopolymer; Epicuticular waxes; Lotus Effect ; Mechanical properties; Plant cuticle; Self assembly; Structure function relationships; Template effect

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOPOLYMERS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; SELF ASSEMBLY; WAXES;

ANTI-ADHESIVE SURFACES; BIOMIMETICS; EPICUTICULAR WAXES; PLANT CUTICLE; TEMPLATE EFFECTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; PLANT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

PLANTS; WAX;

EID: 33749265317     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP06139     Document Type: Review

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