Viscoelastic nanoscale properties of cuticle contribute to the high-pass properties of spider vibration receptor (Cupiennius salei Keys)

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 4, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1135-1143

  McConney, Michael E ^a   Schaber, Clemens F ^b   Julian, Michael D ^c   Barth, Friedrich G ^b   Tsukruk, Vladimir V ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Force spectroscopy; High pass characteristics; Metatarsal lyriform organ; Spider; Vibration sensor; Viscoelastic materials

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NANOANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SENSOR; SIMULATION; SPIDER; TOPOGRAPHY; VIBRATION; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ARANEAE; CUPIENNIUS SALEI;

EID: 37349087128     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2007.1000     Document Type: Article

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