Why so strong for the lotus leaf?

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Guo, Zhiguang ^a,b,c   Liu, Weimin ^b   Su, Bao Lian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^c HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

ITS ARCHITECTURES; LOTUS LEAF; MICRO TUBES; REAR FACES;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 56849126855     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3036535     Document Type: Article

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