Moulding technique demonstrates the contribution of surface geometry to the super-hydrophobic properties of the surface of a water strider

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 766-770

  Goodwyn, Pablo Perez ^a   De Souza, Emerson ^b   Fujisaki, Kenji ^a   Gorb, Stanislav ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Cuticle; Microtrichia; Patterned polymer; Setae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLDING; MOLDS;

CUTICLE; HETEROPTERA; MICROTRICHIA; MOLDING TECHNIQUES; PATTERNED POLYMER; PROPERTY; SETA; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; SURFACE GEOMETRIES; WATER STRIDERS;

CONTACT ANGLE;

AQUARIUS PALUDUM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; GEOMETRY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER STRIDER; WETTABILITY;

GERRIDAE; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 41549089139     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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