supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21603026);the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences;Chinese Academy of Sciences(ZDBS-LYSLH033)。
Superhydrophobic surfaces are widely used in many industrial settings,and mainly consist of rough solid protrusions that entrap air to minimize the liquid/solid area.The stability of the superhydrophobic state favors ...
supported by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt DBU;the German Research Council DFG;the Federal Ministry for Science and Education BMBF;the Academy of Science and Literature in Mainz
An overview of plant surface structures and their evolution is presented. It combines surface chemistry and architecture with their functions and refers to possible biomimetic applications. Within some 3.5 billion yea...
Objective:To evaluate the effect of some different water temperatures on growth of aquatic plants (Salvinia natans andCeratophyllum demersum). Methods:The aquatic plants were brought from Shatt Al-Arab River in 2...
Background:The concept of high-rate vermicomposting was successfully used to achieve direct vermicomposting of the aquatic weed salvinia-without any precomposting or cow dung supplementation as previously reported pro...
funded by grants from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft,the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung and the Landesgraduiertenfrderungsgesetz des Landes Baden-Württemberg
We describe a few mathematical tools which allow to investigate whether air-water interfaces exist(under prescribed conditions)and are mechanically stable and temporally persistent.In terms of physics,air-water interf...