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Water collection abilities of green bristlegrass bristle

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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 4, Issue 77, Pages 40837-40840

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c4ra06661h

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  1. National Research Fund for Fundamental Key Project [2013CB933001]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China [21234001]
  3. Doctoral Fund of Ministry of Education of China [20121102110035]

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A unique water collection ability is revealed in green bristlegrass bristle that is attributed to a barb array similar to the ratchet structure that is arranged on the cone groove surface of bristle. The multi-level geometric gradients are formed to dominate the coalescence and directionally transport the tiny droplets of condensed water.

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