Journal: Biology

Article Title: The Mechanism by Which Umbrella-Shaped Ratchet Trichomes on the Elaeagnus angustifolia Leaf Surface Collect Water and Reflect Light

doi: 10.3390/biology12071024

Figure Lengend Snippet: Morphological characteristics of E. angustifolia leaves. Medium-sized E. angustifolia leaves are lanceolate. ( a ) Wild E. angustifolia ; ( b ) front surface of the leaf with sparse trichomes in dark green color; ( c ) back surface of the leaves with dense trichomes in white-gray color; ( d ) SEM of leaf front; ( e ) SEM of the back of the leaf.

Article Snippet: The adaxial and abaxial leaf surfaces trichome size and morphology conducted SEM image comparison through MATLAB (Version R2022a.MathWorks, Inc., Natick, MA, USA) scripts to compute the trichome similarity.

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Journal: Biology

Article Title: The Mechanism by Which Umbrella-Shaped Ratchet Trichomes on the Elaeagnus angustifolia Leaf Surface Collect Water and Reflect Light

doi: 10.3390/biology12071024

Figure Lengend Snippet: Submicroscopic structure of E. angustifolia leaves. An umbrella-shaped ratchet trichome of E. angustifolia leaves is composed of one-dimensional cone thorn and two-dimensional umbrella surface. ( a ) SEM image of umbrella ratchet trichome on leaf surface; ( b ) SEM image of trichome ratchet fiber; ( c ) SEM cross-section of E. angustifolia leaves, hollow structure of leaf trichomes (green solid arrow); ( d ) SEM of the structure of microemulsion on the top of a single trichome; ( e ) SEM image of the outer and inner layer structure on the back of the leaf with many stomata (red solid arrows); ( f ) an umbrella ratchet structure model of single trichome on the leaf surface of E. angustifolia composed of one-dimensional cone thorn and two-dimensional umbrella surface.

Article Snippet: The adaxial and abaxial leaf surfaces trichome size and morphology conducted SEM image comparison through MATLAB (Version R2022a.MathWorks, Inc., Natick, MA, USA) scripts to compute the trichome similarity.

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