Nanomechanical properties and the hierarchical structure of elytra cuticle of dung beetle (Copris ochus Motschulsky)

2009 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 4277-4282

  Sun, Jiyu ^a   Tong, Jin ^a   Zhang, Zhijun ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Biomimetic; Elytra cuticle; Hierarchically structure; Nanoindentation

Indexed keywords

BIONIC DESIGN; CHITIN FIBERS; COMPLEX COMPOSITES; CROSS SECTION; DRY WEIGHT; DUNG BEETLES; ELYTRA CUTICLE; EPICUTICLE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HIERARCHICALLY STRUCTURE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT; INNER LAYER; INSECT CUTICLE; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; NANO SCALE; NANOINDENTERS; NANOMECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION; NANOMECHANICAL PROPERTY; NATURAL BIOMATERIALS; OUTER LAYER; QUANTITIVE; REDUCED MODULUS; ROTATION ANGLES; SPECIAL STRUCTURE; TRANSVERSE DIRECTIONS; VERTICAL DIRECTION;

ANISOTROPY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FIBERS; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; HARDNESS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHATRONICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 77449155427     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMA.2009.5246542     Document Type: Conference Paper

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