Diversity of structure, morphology and wetting of plant surfaces

被引:558
作者
Koch, Kerstin [1 ,2 ]
Bhushan, Bharat [2 ]
Barthlott, Wilhelm [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Bonn, Nees Inst Biodivers Plants, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
[2] Ohio State Univ, Nanoprobe Lab Bio & Nanotechnol & Biomimet, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
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D O I
10.1039/b804854a
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
This review paper presents the diversity of plant surface structures from a single cell to multi-cellular surface sculptures. There is still no comprehensive book which provides an overview of the diversity of plant surface structures. This article presents a guide for the description of cellular and sub-cellular plant surface structures, which include hairs, wax crystals and surface folding. Biological surfaces are multifunctional boundary layers to their environment. Functionally optimized surfaces are one of the key innovations in the more than 400 million years of evolution of land plants. In the plant surface, micro- and nanostructures play a special role, and a large diversity of surface structures exists at different size levels. Well known functional aspects of plant surface structures are the reduction of particle adhesion, the sliding structures of carnivorous plants for insect catching, and the self-cleaning properties of the superhydrophobic Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) leaves. Their structures and functions might be useful models for the development of functional materials. The surface properties of plants are based on physico-chemical principles and can be transferred to technical "biomimetic'' materials, as successfully done for the self-cleaning properties of the Lotus leaves. This article is designed as an introduction for biologists and non biologists and should stimulate the reader to initiate or intensify the study of biological surfaces.
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页码:1943 / 1963
页数:21
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