@article{HerppichMartinToetzkeetal.2019,
  author    = {Herppich, Werner B. and Martin, Craig E. and T{\"o}tzke, Christian and Manke, Ingo and Kardjilov, Nikolay},
  title     = {External water transport is more important than vascular transport in the extreme atmospheric epiphyte Tillandsia usneoides (Spanish moss)},
  series = {Plant, cell \& environment : cell physiology, whole-plant physiology, community physiology},
  volume    = {42},
  journal   = {Plant, cell \& environment : cell physiology, whole-plant physiology, community physiology},
  number    = {5},
  publisher = {Wiley},
  address   = {Hoboken},
  issn      = {0140-7791},
  doi       = {10.1111/pce.13496},
  pages     = {1645 -- 1656},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Most epiphytic bromeliads, especially those in the genus Tillandsia, lack functional roots and rely on the absorption of water and nutrients by large, multicellular trichomes on the epidermal surfaces of leaves and stems. Another important function of these structures is the spread of water over the epidermal surface by capillary action between trichome "wings" and epidermal surface. Although critical for the ultimate absorption by these plants, understanding of this function of trichomes is primarily based on light microscope observations. To better understand this phenomenon, the distribution of water was followed by its attenuation of cold neutrons following application of H2O to the cut end of Tillandsia usneoides shoots. Experiments confirmed the spread of added water on the external surfaces of this "atmospheric" epiphyte. In a morphologically and physiologically similar plant lacking epidermal trichomes, water added to the cut end of a shoot clearly moved via its internal xylem and not on its epidermis. Thus, in T. usneoides, water moves primarily by capillarity among the overlapping trichomes forming a dense indumentum on shoot surfaces, while internal vascular water movement is less likely. T. usneoides, occupying xeric microhabitats, benefits from reduction of water losses by low-shoot xylem hydraulic conductivities.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SchmaelzlinMoralejoGersondeetal.2018,
  author    = {Schm{\"a}lzlin, Elmar Gerd and Moralejo, Benito and Gersonde, Ingo and Schleusener, Johannes and Darvin, Maxim E. and Thiede, Gisela and Roth, Martin M.},
  title     = {Nonscanning large-area Raman imaging for ex vivo/in vivo skin cancer discrimination},
  series = {Journal of biomedical optics},
  volume    = {23},
  journal   = {Journal of biomedical optics},
  number    = {10},
  publisher = {SPIE},
  address   = {Bellingham},
  issn      = {1083-3668},
  doi       = {10.1117/1.JBO.23.10.105001},
  pages     = {11},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {Imaging Raman spectroscopy can be used to identify cancerous tissue. Traditionally, a step-by-step scanning of the sample is applied to generate a Raman image, which, however, is too slow for routine examination of patients. By transferring the technique of integral field spectroscopy (IFS) from astronomy to Raman imaging, it becomes possible to record entire Raman images quickly within a single exposure, without the need for a tedious scanning procedure. An IFS-based Raman imaging setup is presented, which is capable of measuring skin ex vivo or in vivo. It is demonstrated how Raman images of healthy and cancerous skin biopsies were recorded and analyzed. (C) The Authors. Published by SPIE under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.},
  language  = {en}
}