Output details
15 - General Engineering
Cardiff University
Article title
Fracture behaviour of plant epicuticular wax crystals and its role in preventing insect attachment: a theoretical approach
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Applied Physics A - Materials Science and Processing
Article number
-
Volume number
100
Issue number
1
First page of article
63
ISSN of journal
0721-7250
Year of publication
2010
Number of additional authors
2
Additional information
Mechanics of the wax crystals fracture during contact formation between insect adhesive pads and plant surface is examined, in order to explain the observed contamination of pads by wax. It is shown that mechanisms of the wax crystal fracture may be rather different, depending on the slenderness ratio of the crystals. The method can impact on researchers working in biomechanics. It gives a theoretical treatment of the problem and can be applied for explanation of interactions at nano/microscales and it could be used in biomimetic applications.
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
T - Tribology
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
-
