Special adhesion of natural honeycomb walls and their application.
Phys Chem Chem Phys
; 17(9): 6242-7, 2015 Mar 07.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25655600
In this paper, we investigated the wettability and adhesive behavior of the natural honeycomb wall for water and honey droplets. The cell walls have hydrophobic and highly adhesive properties for both water and honey in air. This highly adhesive cell wall was used as a "mechanical hand" to transfer micro-droplets. These findings will help us to comprehensively understand the surface properties of honeycomb walls, and will provide a novel strategy for achieving functional biomimetics based on honeycombs.
Full text:
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Bees
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Phys Chem Chem Phys
Journal subject:
BIOFISICA
/
QUIMICA
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article
Country of publication:
United kingdom