Publications of S Gorb

Perez Goodwyn, P.; Peressadko, A.; Schwarz, H.; Kastner, V.; Gorb, S.: Material structure, stiffness, and adhesion: why attachment pads of the grasshopper (Tettigonia viridissima) adhere more strongly than those of the locust (Locusta migratoria) (Insecta: Orthoptera). Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology 192 (11), pp. 1233 - 1243 (2006)

Gorb, S.; Niederegger, S.; Hayashi, C.; Summers, A.; Voetsch, W.; Walther, P.: Silk-like secretion from tarantula feet. Nature 443 (7110), p. 407 - 407 (2006)

Dai, Z.; Min, Y.; Gorb, S.: Frictional characteristics of the beetle head-joint material. WEAR 260 (1-2), pp. 168 - 174 (2006)

Langer, M.; Ruppersberg, J.; Gorb, S.: Adhesion forces measured at the level of a terminal plate of the fly's seta. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 271 (1554), pp. 2209 - 2215 (2004)

Schwarz, H.; Gorb, S.: Method of platinum-carbon coating of ultrathin sections for transmission and scanning electron microscopy: An application for study of biological composites. Microscopy Research and Technique 62 (3), pp. 218 - 224 (2003)

Arzt, E.; Gorb, S.; Spolenak, R.: From micro to nano contacts in biological attachment devices. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100 (19), pp. 10603 - 10606 (2003)

Gorb, S.; Perez Goodwyn, P.: Wing-locking mechanisms in aquatic Heteroptera. Journal of Morphology 257 (2), pp. 127 - 146 (2003)

Perez Goodwyn, P.; Gorb, S.: Attachment forces of the hemelytra-locking mechanisms in aquatic bugs (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae). Journal of Insect Physiology 49 (8), pp. 753 - 764 (2003)

Niederegger, S.; Gorb, S.: Tarsal movements in flies during leg attachment and detachment on a smooth substrate. Journal of Insect Physiology 49 (6), pp. 611 - 620 (2003)

Gaume, L.; Gorb, S.; Rowe, N.: Function of epidermal surfaces in the trapping efficiency of Nepenthes alata pitchers. New Phytologist 156 (3), pp. 479 - 489 (2002)

Gorb, S.; Beutel, R.; Gorb, E.; Jiao, Y.; Kastner, V.; Niederegger, S.; Popov, V.; Scherge, M.; Schwarz, U.; Vötsch, W.: Structural design and biomechanics of friction-based releasable attachment devices in insects. Integrative and Comparative Biology 42 (6), pp. 1127 - 1139 (2002)

Vötsch, W.; Nicholson, G.; Müller, R.; Stierhof, Y.; Gorb, S.; Schwarz, U.: Chemical composition of the attachment pad secretion of the locust Locusta migratoria. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 32 (12), pp. 1605 - 1613 (2002)

Gorb, E.; Gorb, S.: Attachment ability of the beetle Chrysolina fastuosa on various plant surfaces. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 105 (1), pp. 13 - 28 (2002)

Dai, Z.; Gorb, S.; Schwarz, U.: Roughness-dependent friction force of the tarsal claw system in the beetle Pachnoda marginata (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Journal of Experimental Biology 205 (16), pp. 2479 - 2488 (2002)

Gorb, E.; Gorb, S.: Contact separation force of the fruit burrs in four plant species adapted to dispersal by mechanical interlocking. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 40 (4), pp. 373 - 381 (2002)

Gorb, S.; Popov, V.: Probabilistic fasteners with parabolic elements: biological system, artificial model and theoretical considerations. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 360 (1791), pp. 211 - 225 (2002)

Niederegger, S.; Gorb, S.; Jiao, Y.: Contact behaviour of tenent setae in attachment pads of the blowfly Calliphora vicina (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology 187 (12), pp. 961 - 970 (2002)

Frantsevich, L.; Gorb, S.: Arcus as a tensegrity structure in the arolium of wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Zoology 105 (3), pp. 225 - 237 (2002)

Gorb, S.; Beutel, R.: Evolution of locomotory attachment pads of hexapods. Die Naturwissenschaften 88 (12), pp. 530 - 534 (2001)

Gorb, S.; Gorb, E.; Kastner, V.: Scale effects on the attachment pads and friction forces in syrphid flies (Diptera, Syrphidae). The Journal of Experimental Biology 204 (8), pp. 1421 - 1431 (2001)