Toward the crystallographic and microstructural mechanisms of plant leaf waxes as diffusion barriers

2026/01/01 by Sean M. Collins, Neil George, Andy P Brown · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Plant Surface Properties and Treatments #Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls #Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.1039/d5ce01041a

openalex publication_date 2026/01/01 · openalex created_date 2026/02/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/05

Abstract

Waxes in the leaf cuticle act as a barrier to water loss as well as to agrochemicals. The structural origins in the varied but remarkably consistent (dis)ordering of long-chain hydrocarbons holds the key to refining mechanisms to control properties.

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