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Continuous directional water transport on the peristome surface of Nepenthes alata

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  • Huawei Chen

    (School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University)

  • Pengfei Zhang

    (School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University)

  • Liwen Zhang

    (School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University)

  • Hongliang Liu

    (Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interface Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Ying Jiang

    (School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University)

  • Deyuan Zhang

    (School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University)

  • Zhiwu Han

    (Key Laboratory for Bionic Engineering, Ministry of Education, Jilin University)

  • Lei Jiang

    (Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interface Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University)

Abstract

Insects are captured by the carnivorous plant Nepenthes alata when they ‘aquaplane’ on the wet rim, or ‘peristome’, of the plant’s pitcher organ; here it is shown that unidirectional water flow is crucial to the complete wetting of the peristome, and that the underlying mechanism involves multiscale structural features.

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  • Huawei Chen & Pengfei Zhang & Liwen Zhang & Hongliang Liu & Ying Jiang & Deyuan Zhang & Zhiwu Han & Lei Jiang, 2016. "Continuous directional water transport on the peristome surface of Nepenthes alata," Nature, Nature, vol. 532(7597), pages 85-89, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:532:y:2016:i:7597:d:10.1038_nature17189
    DOI: 10.1038/nature17189
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