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From: Underwater Superhydrophobicity: Stability, Design and Regulation, and Applications
Appl. Mech. Rev. 2016;68(3): doi: /
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(a)–(c) Lotus plant (Nelumbo nucifera): contamination (a) and self-cleaning (b) of a lotus leaf, and SEM image of the leaf microstructure with papillose cells and epicuticular wax tubules (c). (Reprinted with permission from Koch et al. [9]. Copyright 2008 by Elsevier Ltd.) (d) and (e) Water strider (Gerris remigis): a resting water strider on water (d), and SEM image of the strider's leg with microsetae structures, inset showing the nanogrooves on one seta (e). (d) (Reprinted with permission from Feng and Jiang [10]. Copyright 2006 by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA). (e) (Reprinted with permission from Gao and Jiang [11]. Copyright 2004 by Nature Publishing Group.) (f)–(h) Springtail (Orthonychiurus stachianus): the entire animal immersed in water (f) and olive oil (g) showing surrounding plastron, and SEM image of nanoscopic surface topography on the springtail cuticle with comblike reentrant structures (h). (Reprinted with permission from Hensel et al. [12]. Copyright 2013 by American Chemical Society.) (i) and (j) Salvinia molesta: the leaf surface densely covered with hairs, rendering it superhydrophobic (i), and SEM image of the complex hairy structures with four multicellular hairs connected at the terminal end (j). (Reprinted with permission from Barthlott et al. [13]. Copyright 2010 by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.) (k) and (l) Pitcher plant (Nepenthes bicalcarata): photograph of the pitcher with the position of peristome indicated (k), and SEM image of the peristome surface with ridge structures, arrow showing the inside direction of the pitcher (l). (Reprinted with permission from Bohn and Federle [14]. Copyright 2004 by National Academy of Sciences).