Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.2014,5, 1160–1166, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.127
: adhesion; friction; insectbiomechanics; tribology; Review
How do insects adhere to surfaces?
More than 80% of the animal species in the world are arthropods [1], and amongst them insects can be considered probably the evolutionarily most successful group. For hundreds of millions of years they are
of the InsectBiomechanics Workgroup, Department or Zoology, University of Cambridge. This study was supported by the Max Planck Society.
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Figure 1:
Adhesive pad morphology of a male dock beetle (Gastrophysa viridula, A) and an Indian stick insect (...