The wetting of leaf surfaces

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 326-334

  Taylor, Philip ^a  

^a JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deposit formation; Dynamic surface tension; Leaf wax composition; Leaf wetting; Spray retention; Superhydrophobicity

Indexed keywords

DEPOSIT FORMATION; DYNAMIC SURFACE TENSION; LEAF WAX COMPOSITION; LEAF WETTING; SPRAY RETENTION; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY;

DEPOSITS; HYDROPHOBICITY; SURFACE TENSION;

WETTING;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ESTER; FATTY ACID; FRIEDELIN; TRITERPENOID; WAX;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LOTUS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION; WETTABILITY;

EID: 79960699796     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: 18790399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2010.12.003     Document Type: Review

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