Correlating feather structure, wettability, and robustness with ecological behavior of aquatic birds

Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2011. === Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. === Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-60). === In nature, aquatic birds can interact with water without their feathers being easily wetted...

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Main Author: Guardado, Jesús O. (Jesús Omar)
Other Authors: Robert E. Cohen and Michael F. Rubner.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/101859