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Effect of curvature on wetting and dewetting of proboscises of butterflies and moths

Proboscises of butterflies are modelled as elliptical hollow fibres that can be bent into coils. The behaviour of coating films on such complex fibres is investigated to explain the remarkable ability of these insects to control liquid collection after dipping the proboscis into a flower or pressing...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Chengqi, Beard, Charles E., Adler, Peter H., Kornev, Konstantin G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5792911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29410834
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171241