Evolution and Environmental Degradation of Superhydrophobic Aspen and Black Locust Leaf Surfaces

The current study is focused on the characterization of four natural leaf species (quaking, bigtooth and columnar european aspen as well as black locust) possessing a unique dual-scale cuticle structure composed of micro- and nano-scale asperities, which are able to effectively resist wetting (super...

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Main Author: Tranquada, George Christopher
Other Authors: Erb, Uwe
Language:en_ca
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/35697