Physical principles of fluid-mediated insect attachment - Shouldn’t insects slip?
Insects use either hairy or smooth adhesive pads to safely adhere to various kinds of surfaces. Although the two types of adhesive pads are morphologically different, they both form contact with the substrate via a thin layer of adhesive fluid. To model adhesion and friction forces generated by inse...
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| Language: | English |
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Beilstein-Institut
2014-07-01
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| Series: | Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.5.127 |