Fast nastic motion of plants and bioinspired structures

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 12, Issue 110, 2015, Pages

  Guo, Q ^a,b   Dai, E ^c   Han, X ^d   Xie, S ^c   Chao, E ^c   Chen, Z ^d  

^a FUJIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Processing and Application   (China)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Carnivorous plants; Evolution; Fast movement; Mechanical buckling instability; Nastic movement

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; MECHANISMS; MUSCLE;

BUCKLING INSTABILITIES; CARNIVOROUS PLANTS; EVOLUTION; FAST MOVEMENT; NASTIC MOVEMENT;

BUCKLING;

CORONATINE; JASMONIC ACID; PHYTOHORMONE; VACCINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ALDROVANDA; ARTHROPOD; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; CELL DIVISION; DIONAEA; DROSERA; DROSERACEAE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYDROGEL; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MIMOSA; MOTION; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PLANT STEM; PLANT STRUCTURES; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; TRICHOME; UTRICULARIA; VENUS FLYTRAP; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS;

EID: 84942042236     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2015.0598     Document Type: Review

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