Micromechanics of smooth adhesive organs in stick insects: Pads are mechanically anisotropic and softer towards the adhesive surface

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-384

  Scholz, Ingo ^a   Baumgartner, Werner ^a   Federle, Walter ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AFM; Carausius morosus; Insect cuticle; Microindentation; Tribology

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; LIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADHESIVENESS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; INSECTS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 42049118491     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0314-6     Document Type: Article

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