Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.2021,12, 1326–1338, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.98
study, we have used polymer replicas of the S. calyptrata leaf surfaces at various ontogenetic stages for morphometric analyses. Polymerreplication of the leaf surfaces helps to avoid artifacts arising from leaf dehydration during time-consuming microscopical analyses, especially with regard to the
factor enabling the efficient separation of plant material from the epoxy negative molds during polymerreplication. The third level is characterized by aged and uniformly aligned low aspect ratio ridges in a labyrinth-type arrangement (at stages 4 and 5) in H. brasiliensis (Supporting Information File 1
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Figure 1:
Leaf ontogeny and cuticular ridge development. (a) Leaf development from bud appearance during the ...
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.2011,2, 228–236, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.27
superhydrophobic, low adhesive surface design, which combines the hierarchical structuring of petals with a wetting behavior similar to that of the lotus leaf.
Keywords: anti-adhesive; petal effect; petal structures; polymerreplication; superhydrophobic; Introduction
Plant surfaces provide a large diversity of
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Figure 1:
Macro photo of a water droplet on a flower of the wild pansy (Viola tricolor).