Composite structure of the crystalline epicuticular wax layer of the slippery zone in the pitchers of the carnivorous plant Nepenthes alata and its effect on insect attachment

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 4651-4662

  Gorb, E ^a   Haas, K ^b   Henrich, A ^b   Enders, S ^a   Barbakadze, N ^a   Gorb, S ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chain length distribution; Compound class; Elasticity modulus; Friction force; Hardness; Microstructure; Nepenthes alata; Pad contamination; Platelet; Real contact area; Trapping function; Wax layer

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; WAX;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FRICTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOMECHANICS; FRICTION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; WAXES;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NEPENTHES; NEPENTHES ALATA;

EID: 31044438536     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01939     Document Type: Article

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