Multifunctional surface structures of plants: An inspiration for biomimetics

Progress in Materials Science

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-178

  Koch, Kerstin ^a,b   Bhushan, Bharat ^b   Barthlott, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; LIGHT REFLECTION; SURFACE CLEANING; SURFACE STRUCTURE; SURFACES; WATER ABSORPTION;

BIOLOGICAL SURFACES; BIOMIMETIC SURFACES; CELLULAR LEVELS; CELLULAR STRUCTURES; CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES; CLEANING PROPERTIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FABRICATION TECHNIQUES; FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS; FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURES; FUNCTIONAL SURFACES; IN PLANTS; LAND PLANTS; LOTUS LEAVES; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL; PARTICLE ADHESIONS; PLANT SURFACES; PLANTS GROWING; SMART SURFACES; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITIES; TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS;

SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 58049122809     PISSN: 00796425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2008.07.003     Document Type: Review

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