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Shirtcliffe, N.J., Pyatt, F.B., Newton, M.I. 
ORCID: 0000-0003-4231-1002 and McHale, G.,
2006.
A lichen protected by a super-hydrophobic and breathable structure.
Journal of Plant Physiology, 163 (11), pp. 1193-1197.
ISSN 0176-1617
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Abstract
A species of lichen, Lecanora conizaeoides, is shown to be super-hydrophobic. It uses a combination of hydrophobic compounds and multi-layered roughness to shed water effectively. This is combined with gas channels to produce a biological analogue of a waterproof, breathable garment. The particular lichen grows mostly during wet seasons and is unusually resistant to acid rain [Hauck, M., 2003. The Bryologist 106 (2), 257–269; Honegger, R., 1998. Lichenologist 30 (3), 193–212]. The waterproof, breathable surface allows this lichen to photosynthesise when other species are covered with a layer of water. In addition, rainwater runs off the surface of the organism, reducing its intake of water from above and probably contributing to its resistance to acid rain.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||
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| Publication Title: | Journal of Plant Physiology | ||||
| Creators: | Shirtcliffe, N.J., Pyatt, F.B., Newton, M.I. and McHale, G. | ||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||
| Date: | 2006 | ||||
| Volume: | 163 | ||||
| Number: | 11 | ||||
| ISSN: | 0176-1617 | ||||
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| Rights: | Copyright ©2005 Elsevier GmbH | ||||
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Science and Technology | ||||
| Record created by: | EPrints Services | ||||
| Date Added: | 09 Oct 2015 10:15 | ||||
| Last Modified: | 09 Jun 2017 13:23 | ||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/10109 |
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