Material properties of the skin of the Kenyan sand boa Gongylophis colubrinus (Squamata, Boidae)

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

Volumn 196, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 659-668

  Klein, Marie Christin G ^a,b   Deuschle, Julia K ^b   Gorb, Stanislav N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological materials; Effective elastic modulus; Gradient materials; Nanoindentation; Wear resistance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; KENYA; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; SNAKE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BOIDAE; ELASTIC MODULUS; KENYA; SKIN;

EID: 77956056433     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0556-y     Document Type: Article

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