Competition between diffusion and advection may mediate self-repair of wax microstructures on plant surfaces
Cuticles are extracellular membranes covering the primary aerial parts of vascular plants. They consist of a multifunctional polymeric material with embedded soluble components, called waxes and serve as the interface between plants and their atmospheric environment, first of all protecting them fro...
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Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig
2016
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