Superhydrophobic nature of nanostructures on an indigenous Australian eucalyptus plant and its potential application

Nanotechnology, Science and Applications

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-121

  Poinern, Gérrard Eddy Jai ^a   Le, Xuan Thi ^a   Fawcett, Derek ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epicuticular waxes; Floatation; Micro fluidic; Nanopillars; Self cleaning; Superhydrophobic

Indexed keywords

EPICUTICULAR WAX; NANOMATERIAL; NANOTUBE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAX;

ARID CLIMATE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MACROCARPA; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT SURVIVAL; SELF ASSEMBLY PROPERTY; SELF CLEANING PROPERTY; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC PROPERTY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURVIVAL; WATER CONTACT ANGLE; WETTABILITY;

EID: 83755173869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11778903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/nsa.s24834     Document Type: Article

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