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Superhydrophobicity in perfection: the outstanding properties of the lotus leaf

Lotus leaves have become an icon for superhydrophobicity and self-cleaning surfaces, and have led to the concept of the ‘Lotus effect’. Although many other plants have superhydrophobic surfaces with almost similar contact angles, the lotus shows better stability and perfection of its water repellenc...

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Autores principales: Ensikat, Hans J, Ditsche-Kuru, Petra, Neinhuis, Christoph, Barthlott, Wilhelm
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Beilstein-Institut 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3148040/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21977427
http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.2.19

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