title: Investigating and biomimicking the surface wetting behaviors of ginkgo leaf.
abstract: For the first time, the surface composite Cassie-Baxter wetting state is carefully investigated using ginkgo biloba as natural model. Investigations follow two directions: (a) low local solid contact areal fraction leading to high apparent contact angles; and (b) thick air plastron trapped at the contacting interface leading to stable dewetting state.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China. weijianxu59@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Shuaijun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Weijian
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D032701:Biomimetics; D001704:Biopolymers / Q000737:chemistry; D020441:Ginkgo biloba / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry*; D017155:Wettability
chemical_list: D001704:Biopolymers