Optimal vein density in artificial and real leaves

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 27, 2008, Pages 9140-9144

  Noblin, X ^a,c   Mahadevan, L ^a,b   Coomaraswamy, I A ^b   Weitz, D A ^b   Holbrook, N M ^a   Zwieniecki, M A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Biomimetics; Evaporative pump; Leaf hydraulic properties; Microfluidic; Water transport

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR PLANT; VEIN;

ENVIRONMENT; HUMIDITY; MICROFLUIDICS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 48249084216     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0709194105     Document Type: Article

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