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Characterization and Distribution of Water-repellent, Self-cleaning Plant Surfaces

C. Neinhuis, W. Barthlott

1997.6.1ANNALS OF BOTANY

DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1997.0400

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The importance of roughness and water-repellency, respectively, as the basis of an anti-adhesive, self-cleaning surface, in comparison to other functions of microstructures, is discussed.

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NEINHUIS, C.; BARTHLOTT, W. Characterization and distribution of water-repellent, self-cleaning plant surfaces. ANNALS OF BOTANY, 1997, 79: 667–677.