dc.contributor.author | Gundersen, Håkon A Holm | |
dc.contributor.author | Leinaas, Hans Petter | |
dc.contributor.author | Thaulow, Christian | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-24T12:57:47Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-04T09:22:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-24T12:57:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-12-04T09:22:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier.citation | PLoS ONE 2014, 9(2):1-11 | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2366897 | |
dc.description.abstract | The 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.iso | eng | nb_NO |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | nb_NO |
dc.title | Surface structure and wetting characteristics of Collembola cuticles | nb_NO |
dc.type | Journal article | nb_NO |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_GB |
dc.date.updated | 2015-11-24T12:57:47Z | |
dc.source.volume | 9 | nb_NO |
dc.source.journal | PLoS ONE | nb_NO |
dc.source.issue | 2 | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0086783 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1146967 | |
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 |