The Sandfish's Skin: Morphology, Chemistry and Reconstruction

Journal of Bionic Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Baumgartner, Werner ^a   Saxe, Friederike ^a   Weth, Agnes ^a   Hajas, David ^a   Sigumonrong, Darwin ^a   Emmerlich, Jens ^a   Singheiser, Martin ^a   Böhme, Wolfgang ^b   Schneider, Jochen M ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

abrasion; keratin; nanoindentation; Sandfish; Scincus scineus; Skink; tribology

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FRICTION; SAND; SILICATES; SKIN; SULFUR; WEAR RESISTANCE;

GLYCOSYLATED KERATINS; SANDFISH; SANDFISH SCALES; SCINCUS SCINEUS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

EID: 34147215371     PISSN: 16726529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(07)60006-7     Document Type: Article

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