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Surface roughness rather than surface chemistry essentially affects insect adhesion

The attachment ability of ladybird beetles Coccinella septempunctata was systematically investigated on eight types of surface, each with different chemical and topographical properties. The results of traction force tests clearly demonstrated that chemical surface properties, such as static/dynamic...

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Autores principales: England, Matt W, Sato, Tomoya, Yagihashi, Makoto, Hozumi, Atsushi, Gorb, Stanislav N, Gorb, Elena V
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Beilstein-Institut 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5082711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27826522
http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.7.139