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‘Insect aquaplaning’ on a superhydrophilic hairy surface: how Heliamphora nutans Benth. pitcher plants capture prey

Trichomes are a common feature of plants and perform important and diverse functions. Here, we show that the inward-pointing hairs on the inner wall of insect-trapping Heliamphora nutans pitchers are highly wettable, causing water droplets to spread rapidly across the surface. Wetting strongly enhan...

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Main Authors: Bauer, Ulrike, Scharmann, Mathias, Skepper, Jeremy, Federle, Walter
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: The Royal Society 2013
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3574349/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23256197
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.2569
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