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Adhesion mechanisms of insect legs
Author of the article:ZHOU Qun1,2;HE Bin1;YUE Ji-Guang1
Author's Workplace:1. School of Control Science & Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092,China; 2. Science College, University of Shanghai for Science & Technology, Shanghai 200093, China)
Key Words: adhesion; cuticle; setae; ultrastructure; material properties
Abstract:Many insects possess adhesive pads on their legs, which have undergone evolutionary optimization to be able to attach to variable substrates and to control adhesive forces during locomotion. Insect adhesive pads are either relatively smooth or densely cov
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