Insect cuticle as a biomimetic material

AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 4309-4313

  Eichler, C ^a   Lomakin, J ^a   Arakane, Y ^b   Kramer, K J ^b,c   Kanost, M R ^b   Gehrke, S H ^a  

^a University of Kansas   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GRAIN MARKETING AND PRODUCTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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