Multi-scale tarsal adhesion kinematics of freely-walking dock beetles

Reliable and Accurate Release of Micro-Sized Objects with a Gripper that Uses the Capillary-Force Method

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Elasto-capillarity in insect fibrillar adhesion

(2016) Sophie Gernay et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

A Combined Experimental and Numerical Modeling Study of the Deformation and Rupture of Axisymmetric Liquid Bridges under Coaxial Stretching

(2015) Jinda Zhuang et al.   LANGMUIR

Fast Liquid Transfer between Surfaces: Breakup of Stretched Liquid Bridges

(2015) H. Chen et al.   LANGMUIR

Humidity-enhanced wet adhesion on insect-inspired fibrillar adhesive pads

(2015) Longjian Xue et al.   Nature Communications

The whole is more than the sum of all its parts: collective effect of spider attachment organs

(2014) E. Wohlfart et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Insect adhesion on rough surfaces: analysis of adhesive contact of smooth and hairy pads on transparent microstructured substrates

(2014) Y. Zhou et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

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(2014) L. Vincent et al.   PHYSICS OF FLUIDS

Evidence for a material gradient in the adhesive tarsal setae of the ladybird beetle Coccinella septempunctata

(2013) Henrik Peisker et al.   Nature Communications

Leaf beetle attachment on wrinkles: isotropic friction on anisotropic surfaces

(2012) D. Voigt et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Walking on smooth and rough ground: activity and timing of the claw retractor muscle in the beetlePachnoda marginata peregrina(Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)

(2012) Philipp Bußhardt et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Setting the trap: cleaning behaviour ofCamponotus schmitziants increases long-term capture efficiency of their pitcher plant host,Nepenthes bicalcarata

(2011) Daniel G. Thornham et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Beetle adhesive hairs differ in stiffness and stickiness: in vivo adhesion measurements on individual setae

(2011) James M. R. Bullock et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

On the laboratory rearing of green dock leaf beetles Gastrophysa viridula (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

(2010) Dagmar Voigt et al.   Insect Science

Extensive collection of femtolitre pad secretion droplets in the beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata allows nanolitre microrheology

(2010) B. Abou et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Comparison of tarsal and cuticular chemistry in the leaf beetle Gastrophysa viridula (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and an evaluation of solid-phase microextraction and solvent extraction techniques

(2009) Stefanie Frauke Geiselhardt et al.   CHEMOECOLOGY

Effects of surface topography and chemistry ofRumex obtusifoliusleaves on the attachment of the beetleGastrophysa viridula

(2009) Elena Gorb et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Division of labour and sex differences between fibrillar, tarsal adhesive pads in beetles: effective elastic modulus and attachment performance

(2009) J. M. R. Bullock et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Dynamics and kinematics of ant locomotion: do wood ants climb on level surfaces?

(2009) L. Reinhardt et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

A dynamic similarity hypothesis for the gaits of quadrupedal mammals

(2009) R. McN. Alexander et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Comparison of smooth and hairy attachment pads in insects: friction, adhesion and mechanisms for direction-dependence

(2008) J. M. R. Bullock et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Neuromechanical response of musculo-skeletal structures in cockroaches during rapid running on rough terrain

(2008) S. Sponberg et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Terminal contact elements of insect attachment devices studied by transmission X-ray microscopy

(2008) T. Eimuller et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Pushing versus pulling: division of labour between tarsal attachment pads in cockroaches

(2008) C. J Clemente et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Frictional and elastic energy in gecko adhesive detachment

(2007) N. Gravish et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface