Replication of Leaf Surface Structures for Light Harvesting

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Huang, Zhongjia ^a   Yang, Sai ^a   Zhang, Hui ^b   Zhang, Meng ^c   Cao, Wei ^d  

^a ANHUI POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; SURFACE PROPERTY;

LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84942031828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep14281     Document Type: Article

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