Contact mechanics at the insect-plant interface: How do insects stick and how do plants prevent this?

Solid Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages 243-252

  Gorb, Elena V ^a   Gorb, Stanislav N ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adhesion; Biomechanics; Biotribology; Functional surfaces

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BIOMECHANICS; DEFORMATION; MECHANICAL STABILITY;

ADHESION ENHANCEMENT; BIOTRIBOLOGY; CONTACT MECHANICS; CONTACTING SURFACES; EPICUTICULAR WAXES; FUNCTIONAL SURFACES; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; PLANT SURFACES;

ADHESION;

EID: 77953954877     PISSN: 18753507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9033-2_23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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