Comparative study of the fluid viscosity in tarsal hairy attachment systems of flies and beetles

Direct observation of microcavitation in underwater adhesion of mushroom-shaped adhesive microstructure

(2014) Lars Heepe et al.   Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology

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

(2013) Henrik Peisker et al.   Nature Communications

Evaporation dynamics of tarsal liquid footprints in flies (Calliphora vicina)and beetles (Coccinella septempunctata)

(2012) H. Peisker et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Underwater locomotion in a terrestrial beetle: combination of surface de-wetting and capillary forces

(2012) N. Hosoda et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Geometry-controlled adhesion: revisiting the contact splitting hypothesis

(2011) Michael Varenberg et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING

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

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

Fluid-based adhesion in insects – principles and challenges

(2011) Jan-Henning Dirks et al.   Soft Matter

Slippery pores: anti-adhesive effect of nanoporous substrates on the beetle attachment system

(2010) E. V. Gorb et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

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

Spatulate structures in biological fibrillar adhesion

(2010) Michael Varenberg et al.   Soft Matter

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

Impact of chemical manipulation of tarsal liquids on attachment in the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata

(2009) Stefanie F. Geiselhardt et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Insect tricks: two-phasic foot pad secretion prevents slipping

(2009) J.-H. Dirks et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Normal capillary forces

(2008) Hans-Jürgen Butt et al.   ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

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

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

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

Capillary Forces between Chemically Different Substrates

(2008) E. J. De Souza et al.   LANGMUIR