Why free-floating plant leaves can float on water?
For free-floating and floated-leaf plant, I know air is trapped and
density is lower than water. People told me:" upper leaf surface is hydrophobic and unwettable (so it floats); and lower surface is hydrophilic". Is that true? I want to find books or papers to verifiy this. Thanks a lot. |
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