Artificial silver ragwort surface

Creatures adapted to environmental conditions in a variety of ways, on the macroscopic as well as the microscopic scale. The evolved structures always give a hint about the design of functional materials. Recently, inspired by the trichomes on the surface of silver ragwort, we fabricated a surface w...

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Published in:Applied physics letters 2005-05, Vol.86 (20), p.201915-201915-3
Main Authors: Gu, Zhong-Ze, Wei, Hong-Mei, Zhang, Rui-Qian, Han, Guo-Zhi, Pan, Chao, Zhang, Hong, Tian, Xing-Jun, Chen, Zhi-Ming
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Language:English
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Summary:Creatures adapted to environmental conditions in a variety of ways, on the macroscopic as well as the microscopic scale. The evolved structures always give a hint about the design of functional materials. Recently, inspired by the trichomes on the surface of silver ragwort, we fabricated a surface with superhydrophobicity and light-shielding simultaneously by simply transforming polystyrene to the trichomeslike structure.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.1931054