Experimental determination of the efficiency of nanostructuring on non-wetting legs of the water strider

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4060-4064

  Watson, Gregory S ^a   Cribb, Bronwen W ^b   Watson, Jolanta A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anti wetting; Atomic force microscopy; Insect; Micro nanostructures; Water strider

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; EFFICIENCY; SILICONES;

ANTI-WETTING; ATOMIC-FORCE-MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; IMMOBILISATION; INSECT; MICRONANOSTRUCTURE; NANO-STRUCTURING; NON-WETTING; WATER STRIDERS; WATER SURFACE;

WETTING;

DIMETICONE;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; HAIR; HYDROPHOBICITY; INSECT; LEG; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NANOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SETAE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS; WATER STRIDER;

GERRIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA;

EID: 77956186377     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2010.04.016     Document Type: Article

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