Wilhelm Barthlott

University of Bonn — Germany

Materials Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity(64), Plant and animal studies(64), Plant Diversity and Evolution(62), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(40), Plant Surface Properties and Treatments(38)

Publications269 total

The purity of sacred lotus: superhydrophobic self-cleaning plant surfaces and the consequences revisited
Planta·2026Open Access
Biotope Patterns, Phytodiversity and Forestline in the Andes, based on GIS and Remote Sensing Data
2024
Self-Driven Sustainable Oil Separation from Water Surfaces by Biomimetic Adsorbing and Transporting Materials
Separations·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Hyperepilithics—An overlooked life form of vascular plants on tropical vertical rock walls
Austral Ecology·2023· 8 citedOpen Access
Entwicklung eines physikalischen bionischen Verfahrens zur Entfernung von Ölverschmutzungen auf Wasser unter Einsatz superhydrophober Funktionstextilien
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2023Open Access
Self‐Cleaning Surfaces in Plants: The Discovery of the Lotus Effect as a Key Innovation for Biomimetic Technologies
2023· 4 cited
Oil adsorbing and transporting surfaces: a simulative determination of parameters for bionic functional textiles
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Dry under water: air retaining properties of large-scale elastomer foils covered with mushroom-shaped surface microstructures
Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology·2022· 4 citedOpen Access
Superhydrophobic Terrestrial Cyanobacteria and Land Plant Transition
Frontiers in Plant Science·2022· 10 citedOpen Access
Air Retention under Water by the Floating Fern <i>Salvinia</i>: The Crucial Role of a Trapped Air Layer as a Pneumatic Spring
Small·2020· 45 citedOpen Access
Adsorption and superficial transport of oil on biological and bionic superhydrophobic surfaces: a novel technique for oil–water separation
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences·2020· 41 citedOpen Access
Plant Cuticular Waxes: Composition, Function, and Interactions with Microorganisms
2020· 14 cited
Biotope Patterns, Phytodiversity and Forestline in the Andes, based on GIS and Remote Sensing Data
2019· 5 cited
Air retaining grids—a novel technology to maintain stable air layers under water for drag reduction
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences·2019· 21 citedOpen Access
Ultraviolet patterns of flowers revealed in polymer replica – caused by surface architecture
Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology·2019· 16 citedOpen Access
Bionics and green technology in maritime shipping: an assessment of the effect of Salvinia air-layer hull coatings for drag and fuel reduction
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences·2018· 62 cited
A new bioinspired method for pressure and flow sensing based on the underwater air-retaining surface of the backswimmer <i>Notonecta</i>
Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology·2018· 26 citedOpen Access
Über die Freilandkultur von Taiwania in Deutschland
Der Palmengarten·2018Open Access
Plant biodiversity patterns along a climatic gradient and across protected areas in West Africa
African Journal of Ecology·2018· 10 cited
Kinetics of solvent supported tubule formation of Lotus (<i>Nelumbo nucifera</i>) wax on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) investigated by atomic force microscopy
Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology·2018· 6 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Kerstin Koch(12), Christoph Neinhuis(11), Holger Kreft(9), Jens Mutke(8), Gerold Kier(7), Jürgen Nieder(6), Wolfgang Küper(5), Stefan Porembski(5), Walter Jetz(4), Bharat Bhushan(4), Holger F. Bohn(3), Thomas Borsch(3), Stefan Engwald(3), Jan Henning Sommer(3), Nils Köster(3), Reiner Fürstner(2), Inge Theisen(2), Petra Ditsche‐Kuru(2), Matthias Mail(2), Khidir W. Hilu(2)