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Smart skin patterns protect springtails by Helbig, Ralf, Nickerl, Julia, Neinhuis, Christoph, Werner, Carsten

“…Springtails, arthropods who live in soil, in decaying material, and on plants, have adapted to demanding conditions by evolving extremely effective and robust…”
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Superhydrophobicity in perfection: the outstanding properties of the lotus leaf by Ensikat, Hans J, Ditsche-Kuru, Petra, Neinhuis, Christoph, Barthlott, Wilhelm

“…Lotus leaves have become an icon for superhydrophobicity and self-cleaning surfaces, and have led to the concept of the 'Lotus effect'. Although many other…”
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Innovations from the "ivory tower": Wilhelm Barthlott and the paradigm shift in surface science by Neinhuis, Christoph

“…This article is mainly about borders that have tremendous influence on our daily life, although many of them exist and act mostly unrecognized. In this article…”
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Wetting and Self-Cleaning Properties of Artificial Superhydrophobic Surfaces by Fürstner, Reiner, Barthlott, Wilhelm, Neinhuis, Christoph, Walzel, Peter

“…The wetting and the self-cleaning properties (the latter is often called the “Lotus-Effect”) of three types of superhydrophobic surfaces have been…”
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The multi-layered protective cuticle of Collembola: a chemical analysis by Nickerl, Julia, Tsurkan, Mikhail, Hensel, René, Neinhuis, Christoph, Werner, Carsten

“…Collembola, also known as springtails, are soil-dwelling arthropods that typically respire through the cuticle. To avoid suffocating in wet conditions,…”
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Local uses of Aristolochia species and content of nephrotoxic aristolochic acid 1 and 2—A global assessment based on bibliographic sources by Heinrich, Michael, Chan, Jennifer, Wanke, Stefan, Neinhuis, Christoph, Simmonds, Monique S.J.

“…More than 100 cases of nephropathy over the last 10 years caused by the systemic and longer term application of Chinese snakeroot ( Aristolochia fangchi)…”
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Attachment of honeybees and greenbottle flies to petal surfaces by Bräuer, Patrick, Neinhuis, Christoph, Voigt, Dagmar

“…Flower surfaces play a key role in the interaction with pollinators acting as signals and landing sites to attach to. To test attachment, Carniolan honeybees…”
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Stories told by plants on graveyards in Northern Angola by Lautenschläger, Thea, Mandombe, José Lau, Mawunu, Monizi, Neinhuis, Christoph

“…Background Worldwide, different traditions of symbolic statements in graveyards can be found. However, studies on sub-Saharan Africa are rare. For BaKongo…”
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Adansonia digitata germination tests. Elephants or heat: what causes scarification of seed to facilitate germination? by Lautenschläger, Thea, Teutloff, Nele, Günther, Markus, Neinhuis, Christoph

“…Background The dormancy of Adansonia digitata seeds is well known. For propagation purposes, plenty of germination tests were conducted, however, rarely taking…”
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First large-scale ethnobotanical survey in the province of Uíge, northern Angola by Lautenschläger, Thea, Monizi, Mawunu, Pedro, Macuntima, Mandombe, José Lau, Bránquima, Makaya Futuro, Heinze, Christin, Neinhuis, Christoph

“…Angola suffered a long-lasting military conflict. Therefore, traditional knowledge of plant usage is still an important part of cultural heritage, especially…”
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betrayed thief – the extraordinary strategy of Aristolochia rotunda to deceive its pollinators by Oelschlägel, Birgit, Nuss, Matthias, Tschirnhaus, Michael, Pätzold, Claudia, Neinhuis, Christoph, Dötterl, Stefan, Wanke, Stefan

“…Pollination of several angiosperms is based on deceit. In such systems, the flowers advertise a reward that ultimately is not provided. We report on a…”
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Anatomical and Biomechanical Properties of the Junction between Stem and Aerial Roots of Selenicereus undatus by Pauls, Bennett, Lautenschläger, Thea, Neinhuis, Christoph

“…Cacti have a distinct adaptation to arid conditions with a massive water storing tissue surrounding a weak central woody cylinder. However, they have not been…”
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Anatomy and Biomechanics of Peltate Begonia Leaves-Comparative Case Studies by Rjosk, Annabell, Neinhuis, Christoph, Lautenschläger, Thea

“…Plants are exposed to various external stresses influencing physiology, anatomy, and morphology. Shape, geometry, and size of shoots and leaves are…”
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Cytocompatible, Injectable, and Electroconductive Soft Adhesives with Hybrid Covalent/Noncovalent Dynamic Network by Xu, Yong, Patsis, Panagiotis A., Hauser, Sandra, Voigt, Dagmar, Rothe, Rebecca, Günther, Markus, Cui, Meiying, Yang, Xuegeng, Wieduwild, Robert, Eckert, Kerstin, Neinhuis, Christoph, Akbar, Teuku Fawzul, Minev, Ivan R., Pietzsch, Jens, Zhang, Yixin

“…Synthetic conductive biopolymers have gained increasing interest in tissue engineering, as they can provide a chemically defined electroconductive and…”
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Mechanical investigations of the peltate leaf of Stephania japonica (Menispermaceae): Experiments and a continuum mechanical material model by Macek, Domen, Holthusen, Hagen, Rjosk, Annabell, Ritzert, Stephan, Lautenschläger, Thea, Neinhuis, Christoph, Simon, Jaan-Willem, Reese, Stefanie

“…is a slender climbing plant with peltate, triangular-ovate leaves. Not many research efforts have been devoted to investigate the anatomy and the mechanical…”
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Plants, food and treatments used by BaKongo tribes in Uíge (northern Angola) to affect the quality and quantity of human breast milk by Jendras, Gesine, Monizi, Mawunu, Neinhuis, Christoph, Lautenschläger, Thea

“…Background Angola has one of the highest annual under-five mortality rates in in the world and malnutrition poses a severe problem in the country. This study…”
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Strengthening Structures in the Petiole-Lamina Junction of Peltate Leaves by Wunnenberg, Julian, Rjosk, Annabell, Neinhuis, Christoph, Lautenschläger, Thea

“…Peltate- or umbrella- shaped leaves are characterised by a petiole more or less centrally attached to the lamina on the abaxial side. The transition from the…”
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Single-copy nuclear genes place haustorial Hydnoraceae within piperales and reveal a cretaceous origin of multiple parasitic angiosperm lineages by Naumann, Julia, Salomo, Karsten, Der, Joshua P, Wafula, Eric K, Bolin, Jay F, Maass, Erika, Frenzke, Lena, Samain, Marie-Stéphanie, Neinhuis, Christoph, dePamphilis, Claude W, Wanke, Stefan

“…Extreme haustorial parasites have long captured the interest of naturalists and scientists with their greatly reduced and highly specialized morphology. Along…”
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Adansonia digitata and Adansonia gregorii fruit shells serve as a protection against high temperatures experienced during wildfires by Kempe, Andreas, Neinhuis, Christoph, Lautenschläger, Thea

“…The thick and woody shell of the fruit of Adansonia species cannot be explained solely by adaptation to zoochory or hydrochory. Since the trunks of Adansonia…”
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Scanning electron microscopy reveals contrasting effects of liquid nitrogen on seeds of legumes Neonotonia wightii, Phaseolus vulgaris and Tamarindus indica by Acosta, Yanier, Companioni, Barbarita, Escalante, Doris, Zevallos–Bravo, Byron E., Pérez-Bonachea, Lisbet, Chmielarz, Pawel, Hajari, Elliosha, Neinhuis, Christoph, Melzer, Michael, Lorenzo, José Carlos

“…Cryopreservation remains the technology of choice for the long-term preservation of plant germplasm. The current contribution reports on the response of seeds…”
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