Whip spiders (Amblypygi) become water-repellent by a colloidal secretion that self-assembles into hierarchical microstructures

BACKGROUND: Among both plants and arthropods, super-hydrophobic surfaces have evolved that enable self-cleaning, locomotion on water surfaces, or plastron respiration. Super-hydrophobicity is achieved by a combination of non-polar substances and complex micro- and nano-structures, usually acquired b...

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Autores principales: Wolff, Jonas O., Schwaha, Thomas, Seiter, Michael, Gorb, Stanislav N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5126833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27942390
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40851-016-0059-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5126833/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27942390
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40851-016-0059-y

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