Geometrical features and wettability of dung beetles and potential biomimetic engineering applications in tillage implements

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Tong, Jin ^a,b   Sun, Jiyu ^a,b   Chen, Donghui ^a,b   Zhang, Shujun ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomimetics; Cuticle surface; Dung beetle; Geometrical feature; Tillage implement; Wettability

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; FRACTALS; GEOMETRY; HYDROPHOBICITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER; WETTING;

CUTICLE; DUNG BEETLES; GEOMETRICAL FEATURES; WETTABILITY;

SOILS;

BEETLE; BIOENGINEERING; BURROWING ORGANISM; SOIL BIOTA; TILLAGE; WETTING;

COLEOPTERA; COPRIS;

EID: 12344304564     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2003.12.012     Document Type: Article

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