Natural nanofibers embedded in the seed mucilage envelope: composite hydrogels with specific adhesive and frictional properties
- Agnieszka Kreitschitz and
- Stanislav N. Gorb
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1603–1618, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.126
The effect of age on the attachment ability of stick insects (Phasmatodea)
- Marie Grote,
- Stanislav N. Gorb and
- Thies H. Büscher
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 867–883, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.72
Comparative analysis of the ultrastructure and adhesive secretion pathways of different smooth attachment pads of the stick insect Medauroidea extradentata (Phasmatodea)
- Julian Thomas,
- Stanislav N. Gorb and
- Thies H. Büscher
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 612–630, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.52
Insect attachment on waxy plant surfaces: the effect of pad contamination by different waxes
- Elena V. Gorb and
- Stanislav N. Gorb
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 385–395, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.35
Biomimetics on the micro- and nanoscale – The 25th anniversary of the lotus effect
- Matthias Mail,
- Kerstin Koch,
- Thomas Speck,
- William M. Megill and
- Stanislav N. Gorb
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 850–856, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.69
Suspension feeding in Copepoda (Crustacea) – a numerical model of setae acting in concert
- Alexander E. Filippov,
- Wencke Krings and
- Stanislav N. Gorb
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 603–615, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.50
The origin of black and white coloration of the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)
- Manuela Rebora,
- Gianandrea Salerno,
- Silvana Piersanti,
- Alexander Kovalev and
- Stanislav N. Gorb
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 496–508, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.41
Dry under water: air retaining properties of large-scale elastomer foils covered with mushroom-shaped surface microstructures
- Matthias Mail,
- Stefan Walheim,
- Thomas Schimmel,
- Wilhelm Barthlott,
- Stanislav N. Gorb and
- Lars Heepe
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 1370–1379, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.113
Hierachical epicuticular wax coverage on leaves of Deschampsia antarctica as a possible adaptation to severe environmental conditions
- Elena V. Gorb,
- Iryna A. Kozeretska and
- Stanislav N. Gorb
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 807–816, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.71
Effect of sample treatment on the elastic modulus of locust cuticle obtained by nanoindentation
- Chuchu Li,
- Stanislav N. Gorb and
- Hamed Rajabi
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 404–410, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.33
Physical constraints lead to parallel evolution of micro- and nanostructures of animal adhesive pads: a review
- Thies H. Büscher and
- Stanislav N. Gorb
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 725–743, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.57
Biological and biomimetic surfaces: adhesion, friction and wetting phenomena
- Stanislav N. Gorb,
- Kerstin Koch and
- Lars Heepe
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 481–482, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.48
A new bioinspired method for pressure and flow sensing based on the underwater air-retaining surface of the backswimmer Notonecta
- Matthias Mail,
- Adrian Klein,
- Horst Bleckmann,
- Anke Schmitz,
- Torsten Scherer,
- Peter T. Rühr,
- Goran Lovric,
- Robin Fröhlingsdorf,
- Stanislav N. Gorb and
- Wilhelm Barthlott
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 3039–3047, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.282
“Sticky invasion” – the physical properties of Plantago lanceolata L. seed mucilage
- Agnieszka Kreitschitz,
- Alexander Kovalev and
- Stanislav N. Gorb
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1918–1927, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.183
Surface roughness rather than surface chemistry essentially affects insect adhesion
- Matt W. England,
- Tomoya Sato,
- Makoto Yagihashi,
- Atsushi Hozumi,
- Stanislav N. Gorb and
- Elena V. Gorb
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1471–1479, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.139
Influence of ambient humidity on the attachment ability of ladybird beetles (Coccinella septempunctata)
- Lars Heepe,
- Jonas O. Wolff and
- Stanislav N. Gorb
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1322–1329, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.123
Functional diversity of resilin in Arthropoda
- Jan Michels,
- Esther Appel and
- Stanislav N. Gorb
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 1241–1259, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.115
Frog tongue surface microstructures: functional and evolutionary patterns
- Thomas Kleinteich and
- Stanislav N. Gorb
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 893–903, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.81
Mandibular gnathobases of marine planktonic copepods – feeding tools with complex micro- and nanoscale composite architectures
- Jan Michels and
- Stanislav N. Gorb
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 674–685, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.68
From sticky to slippery: Biological and biologically-inspired adhesion and friction
- Stanislav N. Gorb and
- Kerstin Koch
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1450–1451, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.157
Influence of the PDMS substrate stiffness on the adhesion of Acanthamoeba castellanii
- Sören B. Gutekunst,
- Carsten Grabosch,
- Alexander Kovalev,
- Stanislav N. Gorb and
- Christine Selhuber-Unkel
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1393–1398, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.152
Surface topography and contact mechanics of dry and wet human skin
- Alexander E. Kovalev,
- Kirstin Dening,
- Bo N. J. Persson and
- Stanislav N. Gorb
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1341–1348, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.147
Dry friction of microstructured polymer surfaces inspired by snake skin
- Martina J. Baum,
- Lars Heepe,
- Elena Fadeeva and
- Stanislav N. Gorb
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1091–1103, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.122
Direct observation of microcavitation in underwater adhesion of mushroom-shaped adhesive microstructure
- Lars Heepe,
- Alexander E. Kovalev and
- Stanislav N. Gorb
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 903–909, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.103
Fibrillar adhesion with no clusterisation: Functional significance of material gradient along adhesive setae of insects
- Stanislav N. Gorb and
- Alexander E. Filippov
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 837–845, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.95
Hairy suckers: the surface microstructure and its possible functional significance in the Octopus vulgaris sucker
- Francesca Tramacere,
- Esther Appel,
- Barbara Mazzolai and
- Stanislav N. Gorb
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 561–565, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.66
Friction behavior of a microstructured polymer surface inspired by snake skin
- Martina J. Baum,
- Lars Heepe and
- Stanislav N. Gorb
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 83–97, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.8
The effect of surface anisotropy in the slippery zone of Nepenthes alata pitchers on beetle attachment
- Elena V. Gorb and
- Stanislav N. Gorb
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 302–310, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.35
Review of "Contact Mechanics and Friction: Physical Principles and Applications" by Valentin L. Popov
- Stanislav N. Gorb
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 57–58, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.7
