Natural hook-and-loop fasteners: Anatomy, mechanical properties, and attachment force of the jointed hooks of the Galium aparine fruit

Design and Nature

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 151-160

  Gorb, E V ^a   Popov, V L ^b   Gorb, S N ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; ELASTIC MODULI; FASTENERS; FORCE CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMAL FUR; FLOWERING PLANTS; HOOK-AND-LOOP FASTENERS; MECHANICAL INTERLOCKING;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 4544261383     PISSN: 14780585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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