The use of plant waxes as templates for micro- and nanopatterning of surfaces

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 905-909

  Koch, Kerstin ^a   Dommisse, Aarnoud ^a   Barthlott, Wilhem ^a   Gorb, Stanislav N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomimetic surfaces; Nanostructures; Surface patterning

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; EPOXY RESINS; PLATELETS; PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE;

BIOMIMETIC SURFACES; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; MICRO PATTERNING; MICRO SURFACES; MICROPATTERNED SURFACE; NANO-PATTERNED SURFACES; NANOPATTERNING; PLANT SURFACES; SURFACE PATTERNING; WAX SCULPTURES;

ASPECT RATIO;

EPOXY RESIN; GRAPHITE; OCTACOSANOL; POLYMER; WAX;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHEAT;

HEXAPODA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34548538294     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2007.05.013     Document Type: Article

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