Getting a grip on spider attachment: An AFM approach to microstructure adhesion in arthropods

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 512-518

  Kesel, Antonia B ^a   Martin, Andrew ^a   Seidl, Tobias ^b  

^a HOCHSCHULE BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DATA REDUCTION; ELASTIC MODULI; MICROSTRUCTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ARTHROPODS; BIOLOGICAL ATTACHMENT SYSTEMS; SPIDERS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 2942538071     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/13/3/009     Document Type: Article

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