Mechanics of water collection in plants via morphology change of conical hairs

In an arid area like the Namib Desert, plants and animals obtain moisture needed for life from mist in the air. There, some plants have hairs or fibrous structures on their leaf surface that reportedly collect fresh water from the air. We examined the morphology and function of leaf hairs of plants...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Applied physics letters 2015-03, Vol.106 (13)
Hauptverfasser:	Ito, Fuyu, Komatsubara, Satoshi, Shigezawa, Naoki, Morikawa, Hideaki, Murakami, Yasushi, Yoshino, Katsumi, Yamanaka, Shigeru
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Applied physics Arid regions Collection Computer simulation Cone crushers Fresh water Grasslands Mechanics (physics) Microfibers Moisture Morphology Plants (botany) Water storage
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