Study on the wettability and self-cleaning of butterfly wing surfaces

Institute of Physics Conference Series

Volumn 180, Issue , 2003, Pages 245-251

  Chen, G ^a   Cong, Q ^a   Feng, Y ^a   Ren, L ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Butterfly; Hydrophobic; Lotus effect; Self cleaning; Water repellent

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOLOGICAL SURFACES; BUTTERFLY; LOTUS EFFECT; SELF-CLEANING; WATER-REPELLENT;

WETTING;

EID: 7744228503     PISSN: 09513248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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