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Wilhelm Barthlott

Wilhelm Barthlott

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
81
Citations
43285
World Ranking
3790
National Ranking
283

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

Overview

Wilhelm Barthlott is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany and has contributed significantly to research in several scientific fields, primarily focusing on engineering and materials science. Their work often intersects disciplines such as surfaces, coatings, and films, ecology and evolution, electrical and electronic engineering, computational mechanics, and biomedical engineering.

Their research addresses topics including surface modification and superhydrophobicity, electrohydrodynamics and fluid dynamics, fluid dynamics and heat transfer, biocrusts and microbial ecology, slime mold and myxomycetes research, aeolian processes and effects, as well as fern and epiphyte biology.

Recent publications by Wilhelm Barthlott reflect the scope and depth of their research interests. These include:

  • "Air Retention under Water by the Floating Fern Salvinia: The Crucial Role of a Trapped Air Layer as a Pneumatic Spring" (2020, Small)
  • "Adsorption and superficial transport of oil on biological and bionic superhydrophobic surfaces: a novel technique for oil-water separation" (2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences)
  • "Superhydrophobic Terrestrial Cyanobacteria and Land Plant Transition" (2022, Frontiers in Plant Science)
  • "Hyperepilithics-An overlooked life form of vascular plants on tropical vertical rock walls" (2023, Austral Ecology)
  • "Dry under water: air retaining properties of large-scale elastomer foils covered with mushroom-shaped surface microstructures" (2022, Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology)

Wilhelm Barthlott frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Notable coauthors include Matthias Mail, Thomas Gries, Kai Klopp, Stefan Walheim, and Stanislav N. Gorb.

Their work has been published in a variety of scientific venues, such as Small, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, Frontiers in Plant Science, Austral Ecology, and Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology.

In 1999, Wilhelm Barthlott was recognized by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, receiving an award in the category of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology.

Best Publications

  • Purity of the sacred lotus, or escape from contamination in biological surfaces

    W. Barthlott;C. Neinhuis

  • Characterization and Distribution of Water-repellent, Self-cleaning Plant Surfaces

    C. Neinhuis;W. Barthlott

  • Wetting and self-cleaning properties of artificial superhydrophobic surfaces

    Reiner Fürstner;Wilhelm Barthlott;Christoph Neinhuis;Peter Walzel

  • A global assessment of endemism and species richness across island and mainland regions

    Gerold Kier;Holger Kreft;Tien Ming Lee;Walter Jetz

  • Mimicking natural superhydrophobic surfaces and grasping the wetting process: A review on recent progress in preparing superhydrophobic surfaces

    Y.Y. Yan;N. Gao;W. Barthlott

  • Classification and terminology of plant epicuticular waxes.

    Wilhelm Barthlott;Christoph Neinhuis;David Cutler;Friedrich Ditsch

  • Epidermal and seed surface characters of plants: systematic applicability and some evolutionary aspects

    Wilhelm Barthlott

  • Multifunctional surface structures of plants: An inspiration for biomimetics

    Kerstin Koch;Kerstin Koch;Bharat Bhushan;Wilhelm Barthlott

  • Diversity of structure, morphology and wetting of plant surfaces

    Kerstin Koch;Kerstin Koch;Bharat Bhushan;Wilhelm Barthlott

  • Superhydrophobic and superhydrophilic plant surfaces: an inspiration for biomimetic materials

    Kerstin Koch;Wilhelm Barthlott

  • Fabrication of artificial Lotus leaves and significance of hierarchical structure for superhydrophobicity and low adhesion

    Kerstin Koch;Bharat Bhushan;Yong Chae Jung;Wilhelm Barthlott

  • Superhydrophobicity in perfection: the outstanding properties of the lotus leaf

    Hans J Ensikat;Petra Ditsche-Kuru;Christoph Neinhuis;Wilhelm Barthlott

  • Global patterns of plant diversity and floristic knowledge

    Gerold Kier;Jens Mutke;Eric Dinerstein;Taylor H. Ricketts

  • Wettability and Contaminability of Insect Wings as a Function of Their Surface Sculptures

    Thomas Wagner;Christoph Neinhuis;Wilhelm Barthlott

  • The salvinia paradox: superhydrophobic surfaces with hydrophilic pins for air retention under water.

    Wilhelm Barthlott;Thomas Schimmel;Sabine Wiersch;Kerstin Koch

  • Global distribution of species diversity in vascular plants : towards a world map of phytodiversity

    Wilhelm Barthlott

  • Noncoding plastid trnT-trnF sequences reveal a well resolved phylogeny of basal angiosperms

    T. Borsch;K. W. Hilu;D. Quandt;V. Wilde

  • Global Centers of Vascular Plant Diversity

    Wilhelm Barthlott;Jens Mutke;Daud Rafiqpoor;Gerold Kier

  • Quantitative assessment to the structural basis of water repellency in natural and technical surfaces

    P. Wagner;R. Fürstner;W. Barthlott;C. Neinhuis

  • Geographic patterns of vascular plant diversity at continental to global scales

    Wilhelm Barthlott;Alexandra Hostert;Gerold Kier;Wolfgang Kueper

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Porembski
Stefan Porembski University of Rostock
Holger Kreft
Holger Kreft University of Göttingen
Thomas Borsch
Thomas Borsch Freie Universität Berlin
Stanislav N. Gorb
Stanislav N. Gorb Kiel University
Bharat Bhushan
Bharat Bhushan The Ohio State University
Klaus Wandelt
Klaus Wandelt University of Bonn
Jon C. Lovett
Jon C. Lovett University of Leeds
Walter Jetz
Walter Jetz Yale University
Dieter Volkmann
Dieter Volkmann University of Bonn
Dietmar Quandt
Dietmar Quandt University of Bonn

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