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Biomimetics: Tunable Anisotropic Wettability of Rice Leaf‐Like Wavy Surfaces (Adv. Funct. Mater. 5/2013)
Author(s) -
Lee Seung Goo,
Lim Ho Sun,
Lee Dong Yun,
Kwak Donghoon,
Cho Kilwon
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201370022
Subject(s) - wetting , materials science , anisotropy , isotropy , nanotechnology , biomimetics , yield (engineering) , surface finish , nanometre , composite material , optics , physics
Inspired by the hierarchical structures of rice leaf surfaces, synthetic rice leaf‐like wavy surfaces with tunable anisotropic wettability are described by Kilwon Cho and co‐workers on page 547 . The nanometer scale roughness of the rice leaf‐like surfaces is controlled to yield tunable anisotropic wettability and hydrophobic properties that transition between the anisotropic/pinned, anisotropic/rollable, and isotropic/rollable water droplet behavior states.