Contributions of lunate cells and wax crystals to the surface anisotropy of

Lixin Wang, Dashuai Tao, Shiyun Dong, Shanshan Li, Yu Tian

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Article in Royal Society open science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lixin WangSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang 050018, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-4205-5638

Dashuai TaoState Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China.

Shiyun DongNational Key Laboratory for Remanufacturing, Academy of Armored Forces Engineering, Beijing 100072, People's Republic of China.

Shanshan LiSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang 050018, People's Republic of China.

Yu TianState Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-7742-5611

Hebei University of Science and Technology · CNTsinghua University · CN

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friction datalunate cellNepenthes slippery zonesurface anisotropywax crystals

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PMID30839679

DOI10.1098/rsos.180766

PMCPMC6170553

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