Extensive collection of femtolitre pad secretion droplets in the beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata allows nanolitre microrheology

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 7, Issue 53, 2010, Pages 1745-1752

  Abou, Bérengère ^a   Gay, Cyprien ^a   Laurent, Bastien ^a   Cardoso, Olivier ^a   Voigt, Dagmar ^b,c   Peisker, Henrik ^c   Gorb, Stanislav ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesive secretion; Insect; Microrheology

Indexed keywords

LIQUIDS; MELAMINE FORMALDEHYDE RESINS; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

ADHESIVE SYSTEMS; ATTRACTIVE FORCE; CAPILLARY EFFECTS; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; COLLECTED VOLUME; COLORADO POTATO BEETLES; COMPLEX FLUIDS; CONTACT FORMATION; DRY POWDERS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HIGH VISCOSITIES; INSECT; MICRORHEOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; RHEOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SAMPLE VOLUME; SMOOTH SUBSTRATES; THERMAL MOTION; VISCOUS LIQUIDS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ARTICLE; COLORADO POTATO BEETLE; FLOW KINETICS; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; POWDER; SECRETION; VISCOSITY;

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA;

EID: 78649844961     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2010.0075     Document Type: Article

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