Biological microtribology: Anisotropy in frictional forces of orthopteran attachment pads reflects the ultrastructure of a highly deformable material

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1449, 2000, Pages 1239-1244

  Gorb, Stanislav ^a   Scherge, Matthias ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cuticle; Materials design; Microfriction; SEM; TEM; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY WEIGHT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FREEZING; FRICTION; INSECT; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPTERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VELOCITY;

EID: 0034702206     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1133     Document Type: Article

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