Biomimic from the superhydrophobic plant leaves in nature: Binary structure and unitary structure

Plant Science

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1103-1112

  Guo, Zhiguang ^a,b   Liu, Weimin ^a  

^a LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Binary structure; Contact angle; Lotus effect; Superhydrophibicty; Unitary structure

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; DROPS; HYDROPHOBICITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BINARY STRUCTURE; CONTACT ANGLE MEASUREMENT; LOTUS EFFECTS; SUPERHYDROPHIBICTY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CONTACT ANGLE; LEAVES; PLANTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER REPELLENCE;

EID: 34247631546     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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