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dc.contributor.authorGundersen, Håkon A Holm
dc.contributor.authorLeinaas, Hans Petter
dc.contributor.authorThaulow, Christian
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-24T12:57:47Z
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-04T09:22:02Z
dc.date.available2015-11-24T12:57:47Z
dc.date.available2015-12-04T09:22:02Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationPLoS ONE 2014, 9(2):1-11nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2366897
dc.description.abstractThe cuticles of the arthropods Collembola (springtails) are known to be superhydrophobic, displaying such properties as water-repellence and plastron formation; overhanging surface structures have been suggested as the source of these properties. Superhydrophobicity is closely related to surface structuring and other surfaces with overhanging structures have been shown to possess robust superhydrophobic properties. In effort to correlate the wetting performance and surface structuring of the cuticles, from both a technical and evolutionary point of view, we investigated a selection of Collembola species including species from several families and covering habitats ranging from aquatic to very dry. The observed contact angles of wetting was in general larger than those predicted by the conventional models. Not all the studied Collembola were found to have superhydrophobic properties, indicating that superhydrophobicity is common, but not a universal trait in Collembola. Overhanging structures were found in some, but not all Collembola species with superhydrophobic cuticles; which leads to the conclusion that there is no direct link between overhanging surface structures and superhydrophobicity in Collembola.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherPublic Library of Sciencenb_NO
dc.titleSurface structure and wetting characteristics of Collembola cuticlesnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer revieweden_GB
dc.date.updated2015-11-24T12:57:47Z
dc.source.volume9nb_NO
dc.source.journalPLoS ONEnb_NO
dc.source.issue2nb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0086783
dc.identifier.cristin1146967
dc.description.localcode© 2014 Gundersen et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the CreativeCommons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.nb_NO


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