Self-healing of voids in the wax coating on plant surfaces

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1894, 2009, Pages 1673-1688

  Koch, Kerstin ^a   Bhushan, Bharat ^b   Ensikat, Hans Jürgen ^a   Barthlott, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Epicuticular waxes; Self assembly; Self healing; Specimen preparation

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMS; FILM PREPARATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; SELF ASSEMBLY; WATER ABSORPTION;

AFM; EPICUTICULAR WAXES; FILM FORMATIONS; LATERAL DRIFTS; LAYER FORMATION; PLANT SPECIMENS; PLANT SURFACES; PROTECTIVE LAYERS; SELF-HEALING; SELF-HEALING MATERIALS; WATER LOSS; WAX LAYERS;

SPECIMEN PREPARATION;

VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WAX;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOPHYSICS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHEMISTRY; DROUGHT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOPHYSICS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DROUGHTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; WAXES;

EID: 67149143258     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0015     Document Type: Article

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