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Endocuticle sclerotisation increases the mechanical stability of cuticle

Author:

Wang Lu-Yi¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID,Jafarpour Mohsen⁶⁷⁸⁹^ORCID,Lin Chung-Ping¹⁰¹¹¹²¹³^ORCID,Appel Esther¹²³⁴⁵,Gorb Stanislav N.¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID,Rajabi Hamed¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Functional Morphology and Biomechanics

2. Institute of Zoology

3. Kiel University

4. Kiel

5. Germany

6. Department of Mechanical Engineering

7. University of Guilan

8. Rasht

9. Iran

10. Department of Life Science

11. National Taiwan Normal University

12. Taipei

13. Taiwan

Abstract

Pachyrhynchus weevils are equipped with a sclerotised endocuticle, which is surprisingly stiffer than their exocuticle.

Funder

Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst

Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Condensed Matter Physics,General Chemistry

Link

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