Always on the bright side of life: Anti-adhesive properties of insect ommatidia grating

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 3457-3462

  Peisker, Henrik ^a   Gorb, Stanislav N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti adhesion; Atomic force microscopy (AFM); Contact area; Corneal nipples; Insects; JKR model; Ommatidia gratings; Scanning electron microscope (SEM)

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; EYE; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADHESIVENESS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EYE; INSECTS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

AESHNA MIXTA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LAOTHOE POPULI; LEPIDOPTERA; ODONATA; VOLUCELLA PELLUCENS;

EID: 77957852192     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.043661     Document Type: Article

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