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Surface contact and design of fibrillar ‘friction pads’ in stick insects (Carausius morosus): mechanisms for large friction coefficients and negligible adhesion
Many stick insects and mantophasmids possess tarsal ‘heel pads’ (euplantulae) covered by arrays of conical, micrometre-sized hairs (acanthae). These pads are used mainly under compression; they respond to load with increasing shear resistance, and show negligible adhesion. Reflected-light microscopy...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3973371/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24554580 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2014.0034 |