Measuring the order in ordered porous arrays: Can bees outperform humans?

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 374-378

  Kaatz, F H ^a,b  

^a Mesalands Community College   (United States)

^b Owens Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; NANOPARTICLE;

ARRAY; BEE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POROUS MEDIUM; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BEE; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POROSITY;

ANIMALS; BEES; HOUSING; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 33746450367     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0118-x     Document Type: Article

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