Mechanical properties of the beetle elytron, a biological composite material

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 321-335

  Lomakin, Joseph ^a   Huber, Patricia A ^a   Eichler, Christian ^a   Arakane, Yasuyuki ^b,c   Kramer, Karl J ^b,d   Beeman, Richard W ^d   Kanost, Michael R ^b   Gehrke, Stevin H ^a  

^a University of Kansas   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATES; BIOLOGICAL COMPOSITES; DECARBOXYLASES; DYNAMIC ELASTIC MODULI; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; LACCASES; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PROTEIN CROSSLINKING; RED FLOUR BEETLES; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULI; LEATHER; TANNING;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ASPARTATE ALPHA DECARBOXYLASE; ASPARTIC ACID; LACCASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CROSS LINKING; ELYTRON; MATURATION; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; TRIBOLIUM; WORM; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING;

COLEOPTERA; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 79951593089     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: 15264602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bm1009156     Document Type: Article

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