Infrared receptors in pyrophilous (“fire loving”) insects as model for new un-cooled infrared sensors

• David Klocke,
• Anke Schmitz,
• Helmut Soltner,
• Herbert Bousack and
• Helmut Schmitz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 186–197, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.22

• deflection y of this membrane caused by a pressure difference can be calculated as a function of the radial distance r with the shell theory [26] with R: radius of the membrane, D: flexural stiffness of the membrane, E: Young’s modulus, tP: thickness of the membrane, ν: Poisson’s ratio. Equation 2 is a good

Capillary origami: superhydrophobic ribbon surfaces and liquid marbles

• Glen McHale,
• Michael I. Newton,
• Neil J. Shirtcliffe and
• Nicasio R. Geraldi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 145–151, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.18

• stretching a thin membrane substrate is related to the principal radii of curvatures of the substrate, where κb is the elastic bending rigidity and κG is the Gaussian bending modulus [20]. For a film of thickness h, the bending rigidity is given by κb = Eh3/12(1−ν2), where E is Young’s modulus and ν is