Mimicking water striders' legs superhydrophobicity and buoyancy with cabbage leaves and nanotube carpets

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 976-983

  Lepore, Emiliano ^a   Giorcelli, Mauro ^a   Saggese, Chiara ^b   Tagliaferro, Alberto ^a   Pugno, Nicola ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

buoyancy; carbon nanotubes; superhydrophobicity

Indexed keywords

COMMON FEATURES; MEASUREMENTS OF; NANOSTRUCTURED SURFACE; STRUCTURAL SHAPE; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; SURFACE TOPOLOGY; VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE; WATER STRIDERS;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BUOYANCY;

EID: 84875755682     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.382     Document Type: Article

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