Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.2017,8, 394–402, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.41
technical surfaces existed, we contacted several companies introducing these fascinating properties to R&D departments. At that time we already cultivated quite a number of lotusplants for experiments and demonstrations allowing us to carry out simple experiments with leaves that were contaminated and
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The bar separates A from B, one of the main functions of borders.
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.2011,2, 66–84, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.9
behavior of oil droplets on various superoleophobic surfaces created in the lab.
Keywords: aquatic animals; biomimetics; drag; lotusplants; shark skin; superhydrophobicity; superoleophobicity; Introduction
Biologically inspired design, adaptation, or derivation from nature is referred to as ‘biomimetics
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Two examples from nature: (a) Lotus effect [12], and (b) scale structure of shark reducing drag [21].