Entrapment of bed bugs by leaf trichomes inspires microfabrication of biomimetic surfaces

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 83, 2013, Pages

  Szyndler, Megan W ^a   Haynes, Kenneth F ^b   Potter, Michael F ^b   Corn, Robert M ^a   Loudon, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinspiration; Insect; Insect plant interaction

Indexed keywords

MICROFABRICATION; PALLETS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIDEO RECORDING;

BIO-INSPIRATION; BIOMIMETIC SURFACES; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; INSECT; INSECT-PLANT INTERACTION; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; PHYSICAL ENTRAPMENT; SYNTHETIC SURFACES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; CIMEX; LEAF SURFACE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRICHOME; ANIMAL; INSECT CONTROL; PHASEOLUS; PLANT LEAF; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; INSECT CONTROL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHASEOLUS; PLANT LEAVES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84877252767     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.0174     Document Type: Article

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