Compound Microstructures and Wax Layer of Beetle Elytral Surfaces and Their Influence on Wetting Properties

A beetles’ first line of defense against environmental hazards is their mesothoracic elytra – rigid, protective forewings. In order to study the interaction of these wings with water, the surface microstructures of various beetles’ elytra were observed by Environment Scanning Electron Microscopy (ES...

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Autores principales: Sun, Mingxia, Liang, Aiping, Watson, Gregory S., Watson, Jolanta A., Zheng, Yongmei, Jiang, Lei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3464267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23056414
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0046710

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3464267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23056414
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0046710

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