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Special adhesion of natural honeycomb walls and their application.
Guo, Tianqi; Li, Muchen; Heng, Liping; Jiang, Lei.
Affiliation
  • Guo T; School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University, 100191 China. henglp@iccas.ac.cn.
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.
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Full text: 1 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

Full text: 1 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