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[2018-Vol.15-Issue 5]Superhydrophobic Plant Leaves with Micro-line Structures: An Optimal Biomimetic Objective in Bionic Engineering
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Journal of Bionic Engineering

September 2018, Volume 15, Issue 5, pp 851–858

Xuelian Gou, Zhiguang GuoEmail author

1. Hubei Collaborative Innovation Centre for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials and Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for the Green Preparation and Application of Functional Materials, Hubei University, Wuhan, China

2. State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China

          Abstract

It has been well demonstrated that there are two kinds of surface morphologies, including binary structures (namely micro-and nanostructures) and less common unitary structures (such as micro-line structures), which play crucial roles in endowing the plant leaves with superhydrophobic properties. In this work, five superhydrophobic plant leaves in nature are introduced, by means of the combination of surface morphology and wettability with the aid of Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and contact angle measurement. The results indicate that either the binary structures or the unitary structures enable the construction of a superhydrophobic surface, and the latter shows likely better mechanics compared with the former according to the corresponding theory. This research aims at introducing two different types of corresponding morphologies of superhydrophobic plant leaves.

Keywords

superhydrophobic   plant leaves   binary structure   micro-line structure   bionic 

            Full text is available at : https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42235-018-0072-2

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