Oil adsorption ability of three-dimensional epicuticular wax coverages in plants

First protein and peptide characterization of the tarsal adhesive secretions in the desert locust,Schistocerca gregaria, and the Madagascar hissing cockroach,Gromphadorhina portentosa

(2016) O. Betz et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Insect Adhesion Secretions: Similarities and Dissimilarities in Hydrocarbon Profiles of Tarsi and Corresponding Tibiae

(2016) Heike Gerhardt et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Analysis of chemical profiles of insect adhesion secretions by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry

(2015) Manuela Reitz et al.   ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA

Contact solid-phase microextraction with uncoated glass and polydimethylsiloxane-coated fibers versus solvent sampling for the determination of hydrocarbons in adhesion secretions of Madagascar hissing cockroaches Gromphadorrhina portentosa (Blattodea) by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

(2015) Heike Gerhardt et al.   JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A

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

(2014) H. Peisker et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Insect attachment on crystalline bioinspired wax surfaces formed by alkanes of varying chain lengths

(2014) Elena Gorb et al.   Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology

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

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

Diversity of the slippery zone microstructure in pitchers of nine carnivorous Nepenthes taxa

(2011) Martina J. Benz et al.   Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Fluid-based adhesion in insects – principles and challenges

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

Slippery surfaces of pitcher plants: Nepenthes wax crystals minimize insect attachment via microscopic surface roughness

(2010) I. Scholz et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

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

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

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

Insect tricks: two-phasic foot pad secretion prevents slipping

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

Attachment force of the beetle Cryptolaemus montrouzieri (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) on leaflet surfaces of mutants of the pea Pisum sativum (Fabaceae) with regular and reduced wax coverage

(2008) Elena Gorb et al.   Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Sexual dimorphism in the attachment ability of the Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) to rough substrates

(2008) D. Voigt et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

The hydrophobic coatings of plant surfaces: Epicuticular wax crystals and their morphologies, crystallinity and molecular self-assembly

(2007) Kerstin Koch et al.   MICRON