Wilhelm Barthlott - Knowledge

392: 343: 380: 360: 331: 296:. Additional works concentrated on the global mapping of biodiversity and its macroecological dependencies on climate change and other abiotic factors (Geodiversity), including migration and globalization. His Biodiversity Distribution Map has been published in numerous textbooks and has been the foundation for many postgraduate studies. In the framework of the BMBF-BIOTA-AFRICA project, which was co-founded by him, the biodiversity patterns in Africa as a model continent were analyzed and potential impacts of climate change are investigated. 324:). Technical application of this effect is conceivable in shipping: By means of a reduction in frictional resistance ("passive air lubrication"), a 10% decrease in fuel consumption could potentially be achieved. Another application is the oil-water-separation by adsorption and transportation of oil on air retaining surfaces. Barthlott very early warned that the addition of surfactants within the global application of pesticides in agriculture disrupts the pathogen defense of crops and should be reduced 391: 36: 359: 379: 2061:

Busch, J.; Barthlott, W.; Brede, M.; Terlau, W.; Mail, M. (11 February 2019). "Bionics and green technology in maritime shipping: an assessment of the effect of Salvinia air-layer hull coatings for drag and fuel reduction". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and

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Barthlott published one of the most cited papers plant science and materials science. His work in materials science based on superhydrophobic lotus effect surfaces "can be considered the most famous inspiration from nature ... and has been widely applied ... in our daily life and industrial

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and oil-water-separation). The Bartlott Effects led to a paradigm shift and disruptive technologies in material science and facilitated the development of superhydrophobic biomimetic surfaces. His map of the global biodiversity distribution is the foundation for numerous research topics. Barthlott

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Barthlott, W. (2020): Plants and nature in Bible and Quran - how respect for nature connects us. - pp. 233–244 in Proceed. Conf. "Science and Actions for Species Protection: Noah's Arks for the 21st Century, May 2019, Eds. J.von Braun et al. – The Pontifical Academy of Sciences PAS, Vatican

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Currently, the research on biological interfaces and bionics is Barthlott's central area of interest. He provided the first evidence that superhydrophobicity evolved probably as a "key innovation" for the land transition of life already in Precambrian cyanobacteria a billion years ago. Ongoing

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micro- and nanostructured surfaces, which were technically realized with the trademark "Lotus Effect" from 1998 on, and resulting products distributed worldwide. The patents and the trademark Lotus Effect are owned by the company Sto-AG. Today about 2000 publications per year are based on his

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Kier, G.; Kreft, H.; Lee, T. M.; Jetz, W.; Ibisch, P. L.; Nowicki, C.; Mutke, J.; Barthlott, W. (9 June 2009). "A global assessment of endemism and species richness across island and mainland regions". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106 (23): 9322–9327.

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Bionics and Biodiversity – Bio-inspired Technical Innovation for a Sustainable Future, in: “Biomimetic Research for Architecture and Building Construction: Biological Design and Integrative Structures” (Eds.: Knippers, J. / Nickel, K. / Speck, T.), Springer Publishers.

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Wilhelm Barthlott (2023): The Discovery of the Lotus Effect as a Key Innovation for Biomimetic Technologies. - in: Handbook of Self-Cleaning Surfaces and Materials: From Fundamentals to Applications, Chapter 15, S. 359–369 - Wiley-VCH,

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Barthlott, W. & Rafiqpoor, M.D. (2016): Biodiversität im Wandel – Globale Muster der Artenvielfalt. In: Lozán et al.: Warnsignal Klima: Die Biodiversität, pp. 44–50. In Kooperation mit GEO- Verlag. Wissenschaftliche Auswertungen.

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Barthlott was the first botanist using high resolution scanning electron microscopy systematically in the research of biological surfaces since 1970. Most prominent among his results was the discovery of the self-cleaning effect of

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Köster, Nils; Nieder, Jürgen; Barthlott, Wilhelm (November 2011). "Effect of Host Tree Traits on Epiphyte Diversity in Natural and Anthropogenic Habitats in Ecuador: Effect of Host Tree Traits on Epiphyte Diversity".

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Barthlott, W., Wollenweber, E. (1981): Zur Feinstruktur, Chemie und taxonomischen Signifikanz epicuticularer Wachse und ähnlicher Sekrete. 67 S., Akad. Wiss. Lit. Mainz. F. Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart.

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Yan, Y.Y.; Gao, N.; Barthlott, W. (December 2011). "Mimicking natural superhydrophobic surfaces and grasping the wetting process: A review on recent progress in preparing superhydrophobic surfaces".

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This honey-spoon, at the Bonn University in 1994, was the first technical product to demonstrate the self-cleaning effect of superhydrophobic surfaces after the discovery of the lotus-effect in 1977

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Greilhuber, J.; Borsch, T.; Müller, K.; Worberg, A.; Porembski, S.; Barthlott, W. (November 2006). "Smallest Angiosperm Genomes Found in Lentibulariaceae, with Chromosomes of Bacterial Size".

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His biogeographic-ecological work was mostly conducted in South America, West Africa and Madagascar concentrating on arid regions, epiphytes in tropical forest canopy, as well as tropical

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Burr, B. et al. (1995): Untersuchungen zur Ultraviolettreflexion von Angiospermenblüten. III. Dilleniidae und Asteridae. 186 pp , Akad. Wiss. Lit. Mainz. F. Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart.

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Beek, L., Barthlott, W. et al, (2023): Self-driven sustainable oil separation from water surfaces by biomimetic adsorbing and transporting textiles - Separations 10, 2023. -

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Beek, L., Barthlott, W. et al, (2023): Self-driven sustainable oil separation from water surfaces by biomimetic adsorbing and transporting textiles - Separations 10, 2023 -

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Barthlott, W., Ehler, N. (1977): Raster-Elektronenmikroskopie der Epidermis-Oberflächen von Spermatophyten. 105 pp ., Akad. Wiss. Lit. Mainz. F. Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart.

249: 181:. In 2003 he established the Nees Institute for Biodiversity of Plants as founding director. He was influential in the reorganization and expansion of both institutions. 122:

He is one of the pioneers in the field of biological and technical interfaces. Based on his systematic research on plant surfaces, he discovered the self-cleaning (

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at the Institute for Systematic Botany and Plant Geography from 1982 to 1985. In 1985 he became the chair of systematic botany at the Botanical Institute of the

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Barthlott, W.; Moosmann, M.; Noll, I.; Akdere, M.; Wagner, J.; Roling, N.; Koepchen-Thomä, L.; Azad, M. A. K.; Klopp, K.; Gries, T.; Mail, M. (20 March 2020).

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Yu, Cunming et al. (March 2020). "Nature–Inspired self–cleaning surfaces: Mechanisms, modelling, and manufacturing". Chemical Engineering Research and Design.

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Barthlott, W. Lobin, W. (Edts), Amorphophallus titanium (a monograph), 226 pp, Trop. Subtrop. Pflanzenwelt Vol. 99, Akad. Science, Mainz, F. Steiner, 1998

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Barthlott, W. et al.: (July 2009). "A torch in the rain forest: thermogenesis of the Titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum)". Plant Biology. 11 (4): 499–505.

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Mail, M.; Klein, A.; Bleckmann, H.; Schmitz, A.; Scherer, T.; Rühr, P. T; Lovric, G.; Fröhlingsdorf, R.; Gorb, S. N; Barthlott, W. (14 December 2018).

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Zeisler-Diehl, V. Valeska; Barthlott, W.; Schreiber, L. (2018). "Plant Cuticular Waxes: Composition, Function, and Interactions with Microorganisms".

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Barthlott, W. et al. (2016): Pflanzen der Heiligen Bücher Bibel und Koran - النباتات في الكتب السماوية: الإنجيل و القرآن. BfN Skript No. 448, 106 S.

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Noga, G; Wolter, M.; Barthlott, W.; Petry, W. (1991). "Quantitative evaluation of epicuticular wax alterations as induced by surfactant treatment".

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Wagner, T.; Neinhuis, C.; Barthlott, W. (July 1996). "Wettability and Contaminability of Insect Wings as a Function of Their Surface Sculptures".

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in Germany, where his mother's family houses had existed before 1500. Wilhelm Barthlott studied biology, physics, chemistry, and geography at the

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Greilhuber, J. et al. (2006): Smallest angiosperm genomes found in Lentibulariaceae, with chromosomes of bacterial size. Plant Biol. 8: 770–777,

847: 438: 136: 235:. This plants also exhibit one of the highest evolutionary rates and has the smallest known genome among all flowering plants. The naming of 2075:"Adsorption and superficial transport of oil on biological and bionic superhydrophobic surfaces: a novel technique for oil–water separation" 565:"Adsorption and superficial transport of oil on biological and bionic superhydrophobic surfaces: a novel technique for oil–water separation" 2214:"DBU – Deutscher Umweltpreis 1999 – Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Barthlott | Stichwort: Entdeckung des Lotuseffekts | Deutscher Umweltpreis" 1371: 1359: 229:

converged systematic and ecological research. These studies led to the discovery of the first protozoan trapping plant in the genus

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Barthlott has done extensive research focusing on Andean South America and Africa, in particular, on the taxonomy and morphology of

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Barthlott, W.; Neinhuis, C. (30 April 1997). "Purity of the sacred lotus, or escape from contamination in biological surfaces".

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2006 Award of the university competition "Ingenious Inventors" (Hochschulwettbewerb Patente Erfinder) of North Rhine-Westphalia

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related to the lotus effect. It can be technically applied for passive air lubrication in ship hull or for oil-water-separation

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on systematics and biogeography of cacti investigated by means of scanning electron microscopy. He held a professorship at the

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Barthlott's areas of specialization are biodiversity (global distribution, assessment, and change in biodiversity) and bionics/

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2010 – 2026 Director of the Board and one of the founding directors of the International Society of Bionic Engineering (ISBE)

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Baeyer, H, C, von, (2000); The Lotus Effect. – The Sciences: J. New York Academy of Sciences 12–15, January 2000.

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Sommer, Jan Henning; Kreft, Holger; Kier, Gerold; Jetz, Walter; Mutke, Jens; Barthlott, Wilhelm (7 August 2010).

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Kier, G.; Kreft, H.; Lee, T. M.; Jetz, W.; Ibisch, P. L.; Nowicki, C.; Mutke, J.; Barthlott, W. (9 June 2009).

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https://www.bfn.de/publikationen/bfn-schriften/bfn-schriften-448-pflanzen-der-heiligen-buecher-bibel-und-koran

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Barthlott, W. et al. (2005): Global centres of vascular plant diversity. Nova Acta Leopoldina 92 (342): 61-83

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Yu, Cunming; Sasic, Srdjan; Liu, Kai; Salameh, Samir; Ras, Robin H.A.; van Ommen, J. Ruud (March 2020).

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http://lotus-salvinia.de/pdf/024.%20Barthlott_Ehler%201977%20Epidermisoberflaechen%20Spermatophyten.pdf

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1998 Nomination for the German Future Innovation Award (Deutscher Zukunftspreis des Bundespräsidenten)

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Barthlott, W. et al. (2014): Orchid seed diversity: A scanning electron microscopy survey. – Englera

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

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The first detailed world map of biodiversity of plants 1996 shows the global distribution of plants

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