Continuous directional water transport on the peristome surface of Nepenthes alata
Continuous directional water transport on the peristome surface of Nepenthes alata
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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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.
Pitcher plants have...
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Continuous directional water transport on the peristome surface of Nepenthes alata
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1781539618
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1781539618
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0028-0836
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1476-4687
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10.1038/nature17189
