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Add  Strength of silk attachment to Ilex chinensis leaves in the tea bagworm Eumeta minuscula (Lepidoptera, Psychidae)
Authors: Wolff, Jonas O | Lovtsova, Julia | Gorb, Elena | Dai, Zhendong | Ji, Aihong | Zhao, Zhihui | Jiang, Nan | Gorb, Stanislav N
Date: 2017
Subject Keyword: silk | attachment disc | adhesion | insect–plant interaction | moth | cocoon
Language: eng
Resource Type: journal article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/1248377
Description: Silks play an important role in the life of various arthropods. A highly neglected prerequisite to make versatile use of silks is sufficient attachment to substrates. Although there have been some stu ... More
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Add  Composition and substrate-dependent strength of the silken attachment discs in spiders
Authors: Grawe, Ingo | Wolff, Jonas O | Gorb, Stanislav N
Date: 2014
Subject Keyword: silk | adhesion | tensile test | compound material | hierarchical structure | Araneae
Language: eng
Resource Type: journal article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/1128727
Description: Araneomorph spiders have evolved different silks with dissimilar material properties, serving different purposes. The two-compound pyriform secretion is used to glue silk threads to substrates or to o ... More
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