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APP PUB NO 20110070421A1
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12865584

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An object having a surface that has: filaments having a length of from 30 to 6000 .mu.m, a diameter to length ratio of from 1:10 to 1:20, and are bound to the surface with at least one front face thereof; wherein the distance between two neighboring filaments on the surface is such that the ratio of such distance to the length of the filaments is from 1:3 to 1:10; the filaments have an elasticity of from 10.sup.4 to 10.sup.10 N/m.sup.2; the surface of the filament is at least partially hydrophobic, so that the contact angle between a filament and water is greater than 100.degree., characterized in that the filaments are structurally or chemically anisotropic.

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RHEINISCHE FRIEDRICH-WILHELMS-UNIVERSITÄT BONN53113 BONN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Barthlott, Wilhelm Bonn, DE 7 158
Cerman, Zdenek Eppstein, DE 21 92
Striffler, Boris F Zulpich-Nemmenich, DE 1 1
Wiersch, Sabine Bonn, DE 1 1

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