Microstructures and grease layer of water strider and its influence on superhydrophobicity

Biomimetic multifunctional surfaces inspired from animals

(2016) Zhiwu Han et al.   ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Superhydrophobic and superoleophobic properties in nature

(2015) Thierry Darmanin et al.   Materials Today

Wettability of natural superhydrophobic surfaces

(2014) Hayden K. Webb et al.   ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Role of flexibility in the water repellency of water strider legs: Theory and experiment

(2012) Xiang-Ying Ji et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Influence of Cuticle Nanostructuring on the Wetting Behaviour/States on Cicada Wings

(2012) Mingxia Sun et al.   PLoS One

Self-Assembling, Bioinspired Wax Crystalline Surfaces with Time-Dependent Wettability

(2011) Sasha Pechook et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A study of the anti-reflection efficiency of natural nano-arrays of varying sizes

(2011) Mingxia Sun et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

A Dual Layer Hair Array of the Brown Lacewing: Repelling Water at Different Length Scales

(2011) Jolanta A. Watson et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Non-wetting wings and legs of the cranefly aided by fine structures of the cuticle

(2011) H.-M. S. Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

How Micro/Nanoarchitecture Facilitates Anti-Wetting: An Elegant Hierarchical Design on the Termite Wing

(2010) Gregory S. Watson et al.   ACS Nano

Experimental determination of the efficiency of nanostructuring on non-wetting legs of the water strider

(2010) Gregory S. Watson et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

The Salvinia Paradox: Superhydrophobic Surfaces with Hydrophilic Pins for Air Retention Under Water

(2010) Wilhelm Barthlott et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The role of micro/nano channel structuring in repelling water on cuticle arrays of the lacewing

(2010) Gregory Shaun Watson et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Wetting properties on nanostructured surfaces of cicada wings

(2009) M. Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Hierarchically Sculptured Plant Surfaces and Superhydrophobicity†

(2009) Kerstin Koch et al.   LANGMUIR

Thermal evaporation of multi-component waxes and thermally activated formation of nanotubules for superhydrophobic surfaces

(2009) Adrian Niemietz et al.   PROGRESS IN ORGANIC COATINGS

Moulding technique demonstrates the contribution of surface geometry to the super-hydrophobic properties of the surface of a water strider

(2008) Pablo Perez Goodwyn et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Putative Functions and Functional Efficiency of Ordered Cuticular Nanoarrays on Insect Wings

(2008) Gregory S. Watson et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Skating and diving: Changes in functional morphology of the setal and microtrichial cover during ontogenesis inAquarius paludum fabricius (Heteroptera, Gerridae)

(2008) P.J. Perez Goodwyn et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Multifunctional surface structures of plants: An inspiration for biomimetics

(2008) Kerstin Koch et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Diversity of structure, morphology and wetting of plant surfaces

(2008) Kerstin Koch et al.   Soft Matter