Microfiber reinforcement of an arthropod cuticle - Laminated composite material in biology

Zeitschrift für Zellforschung und Mikroskopische Anatomie

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 1973, Pages 409-433

  Barth, Friedrich G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthropod cuticle; Composite material; Electron microscopy, Light microscopy, Densitometry; Fiber reinforcement; Spider

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; PROTEIN;

ARTHROPOD; CUTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMAL; CHITIN; DENSITOMETRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; SPIDERS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0015858079     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00307585     Document Type: Article

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