Hardness in arthropod exoskeletons in the absence of transition metals

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3152-3156

  Cribb, B W ^a   Lin, C L ^a   Rintoul, L ^b   Rasch, R ^a   Hasenpusch, J ^c   Huang, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c Australian Insect Farm   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Cuticle; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Insect; Nanoindentation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; EXOSKELETON (ROBOTICS); HARDNESS; TRANSITION METALS;

ARTHROPOD; CUTICLE; CUTTING EDGES; IN COMPOSITIONS; INFRARED: SPECTROSCOPY; INSECT; MINERALISATION; NANO INDENTATION;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOMATERIAL; CHITIN; CHLORINE; MANGANESE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; RESIN; STAINLESS STEEL; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CUTICLE; ELASTICITY; EXOSKELETON; HARDNESS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MANDIBLE; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTAENIA FRENCHI; SKELETON; X RAY ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BONE; HISTOLOGY; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ARTHROPODA; BUPRESTIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BONE AND BONES; ELASTIC MODULUS; HARDNESS; MANDIBLE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; TRANSITION ELEMENTS;

EID: 77956646491     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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