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Apex structures enhance water drainage on leaves

The rapid removal of rain droplets at the leaf apex is critical for leaves to avoid damage under rainfall conditions, but the general water drainage principle remains unclear. We demonstrate that the apex structure enhances water drainage on the leaf by employing a curvature-controlled mechanism tha...

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Autores principales: Wang, Ting, Si, Yifan, Dai, Haoyu, Li, Chuxin, Gao, Can, Dong, Zhichao, Jiang, Lei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6995007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31937663
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1909924117