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SUBMITTER: Roger K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5027421 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Roger Kevin K Liebi Marianne M Heimdal Jimmy J Pham Quoc Dat QD Sparr Emma E
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20160829 37
Water evaporation concerns all land-living organisms, as ambient air is dryer than their corresponding equilibrium humidity. Contrarily to plants, mammals are covered with a skin that not only hinders evaporation but also maintains its rate at a nearly constant value, independently of air humidity. Here, we show that simple amphiphiles/water systems reproduce this behavior, which suggests a common underlying mechanism originating from responding self-assembly structures. The composition and stru ...[more]