Water Striders: The Biomechanics of Water Locomotion and Functional Morphology of the Hydrophobic Surface (Insecta: Hemiptera-Heteroptera)

Journal of Bionic Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-126

  Goodwyn, P J Perez ^a   Wang, Jin tong ^a   Wang, Zhou ji ^a   Ji, Ai hong ^a   Dai, Zhen dong ^a   Fujisaki, K ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

aquatic insect; force; microtrichia; morphology; setae; surface tension

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; ERROR ANALYSIS; GAGES; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; WEIGHING;

AQUARIUS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; STRAIN GAUGE; WATER STRIDERS; WATER SURFACES;

HYDROPHOBICITY;

EID: 45849091510     PISSN: 16726529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(08)60015-3     Document Type: Article

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