Moisture harvesting and water transport through specialized micro-structures on the integument of lizards

Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 204-214

  Comanns, Philipp ^a   Effertz, Christian ^a   Hischen, Florian ^a   Staudt, Konrad ^a   Böhme, Wolfgang ^b   Baumgartner, Werner ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capillary; Horned lizard; Rain harvesting; Thorny devil; Water transport

Indexed keywords

AIR HUMIDITY; ARID AREA; BODY SURFACE; CAPILLARY; CAPILLARY SYSTEM; HONEYCOMBLIKE STRUCTURES; HORNED LIZARD; OUTER SURFACE; POLYMER REPLICA; SUPER-HYDROPHILIC; SUPERHYDROPHILIC SURFACE; THORNY DEVIL; WATER FILM; WATER FLOWS; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; ARID REGIONS; HARVESTING; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; INVESTMENTS; RAIN;

MOISTURE;

EID: 79956156237     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21904286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.2.24     Document Type: Article

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