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Insect tricks: two-phasic foot pad secretion prevents slipping

Many insects cling to vertical and inverted surfaces with pads that adhere by nanometre-thin films of liquid secretion. This fluid is an emulsion, consisting of watery droplets in an oily continuous phase. The detailed function of its two-phasic nature has remained unclear. Here we show that the pad...

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Main Authors: Dirks, Jan-Henning, Clemente, Christofer J., Federle, Walter
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: The Royal Society 2010
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2842779/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19755498
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2009.0308
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