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Surface Structure and Wetting Characteristics of Collembola Cuticles

The cuticles of the arthropods Collembola (springtails) are known to be superhydrophobic, displaying such properties as water-repellence and plastron formation; overhanging surface structures have been suggested as the source of these properties. Superhydrophobicity is closely related to surface str...

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Autores principales: Gundersen, Håkon, Leinaas, Hans Petter, Thaulow, Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3911920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24498281
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086783