From micro to nano contacts in biological attachment devices

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 100, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 10603-10606

  Arzt, Eduard ^a   Gorb, Stanislav ^a,b   Spolenak, Ralph ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhension; Insects; Legs; Locomotion; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ARACHNID; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; INSECT; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; COLEOPTERA; GEKKONIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0141703339     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1534701100     Document Type: Article

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