The thermo-photoelectric (TPE) properties of the hornet cuticle: Correlation with the morphological structure

Physiological Chemistry and Physics and Medical NMR

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-90

  Pertsis, Vitaly ^a   Sverdlov, Anna ^a   Ishay, Jacob S ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; HYMENOPTERA; ILLUMINATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMICS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; WASP;

ANIMALS; COLOR; ELECTRONS; HYMENOPTERA; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PIGMENTATION; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYMENOPTERA; VESPA; VESPA ORIENTALIS; VESPIDAE; VESPINAE;

EID: 2442471831     PISSN: 07486642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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