Hymenoptera and biomimetic surfaces: insights and innovations

• Vinicius Marques Lopez,
• Carlo Polidori and
• Rhainer Guillermo Ferreira

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1333–1352, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.107

• can pave the way for various applications, ranging from advancements in endoscopic imaging to improvements in machine vision, ultimately enhancing the visual efficiency of robots and sensors in autonomous vehicles [89][90][91]. Antenna: Hymenopteran antennae are equipped with specialized structures

• applications in environmental monitoring, food safety, and medical diagnostics [98]. The mobility of the antennae of long-horned bees (e.g., Eucera longicornis) are used by males to court females by gently grasping and pressing their antennae (Figure 1C). The antennae of long-horned bees and other

• antennal glands [100][101]. This association is unique in that the bacteria are grown in large reservoirs within the antennae, where they receive nutrients from the gland cells. When the beewolf constructs its subterranean brood cells, it secretes these bacteria into the cells, where they produce

Functional morphology of cleaning devices in the damselfly Ischnura elegans (Odonata, Coenagrionidae)

• Silvana Piersanti,
• Gianandrea Salerno,
• Wencke Krings,
• Stanislav Gorb and
• Manuela Rebora

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1260–1272, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.102

• represent a starting point to develop advanced biomimetic cleaning tools. Keywords: antennae; cuticle; eyes; grooming; legs; resilin; Introduction Self-grooming, defined as any behavior related to the maintenance and care of body surfaces, is an innate behavior found across a wide range of animal species

• role in maintaining olfactory acuity. Böröczky et al. [19] demonstrated that antennal grooming removes not only foreign chemicals but also excess native cuticular lipids that may interfere with olfaction, thereby maintaining the olfactory sensitivity of the antennae. In insects, body cleaning devices

• , predominantly using the forelegs, involves grooming the antennae, head, mesosoma, forelegs, and middle legs. The posterior cluster focuses on cleaning the wings, metasoma, middle legs, and hind legs, and primarily uses the hind legs. A similar behavior is reported in ants, where functional morphology and

Functional fibrillar interfaces: Biological hair as inspiration across scales

• Guillermo J. Amador,
• Brett Klaassen van Oorschot,
• Caiying Liao,
• Jianing Wu and
• Da Wei

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 664–677, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.55

• the dark or catch prey [132]. A review of hairy sensation in mammals can be found here [133]. Spider appendages [134], cockroach antennae [135], and cricket cerci [136] possess hairs capable of detecting delicate vibrations, airflow, and interactions with various objects, enabling them to locate their

• are then transmitted to the nervous system. The brain interprets these electrical signals as a specific scent or flavor after they are processed by the nervous system [143]. Arthropods, including spiders [144], ants [145], and bees [146], possess chemical receptors on their limbs and antennae that

• detect chemicals in their surroundings, enabling them to locate sustenance, recognize their species, and avoid danger [147]. Moth antennae possess dense arrays of hairs, which have been found to interact with surrounding airflow in order to enhance diffusion of chemicals to the antennae for detection

Metal-organic framework-based nanomaterials as opto-electrochemical sensors for the detection of antibiotics and hormones: A review

• Akeem Adeyemi Oladipo,
• Saba Derakhshan Oskouei and
• Mustafa Gazi

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2023, 14, 631–673, doi:10.3762/bjnano.14.52

• example, MOFs show metal-based emission (typically the lanthanides) and antennae effects, exciplex and excimer emission, analyte-based sensitization and emission, and ligand-based luminescence [85]. The MOF structure, which determines the bonding geometry, the metal electronic configuration, and the

Impact of device design on the electronic and optoelectronic properties of integrated Ru-terpyridine complexes

• Max Mennicken,
• Sophia Katharina Peter,
• Corinna Kaulen,
• Ulrich Simon and
• Silvia Karthäuser

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2022, 13, 219–229, doi:10.3762/bjnano.13.16

• expected for the motion of charge carriers (Figure 6b). The most likely explanation for the small current increase due to the illumination of Ru(MPTP)2–AuNP devices is that the AuNPs act as optical antennae, as described in [37][38][39][40][41][42]. This is supported by the increase of current due to

• –AuNP building blocks in order to build small-area functional devices. This is caused by their extremely low conductance, the missing antennae effect of AuNPs in optical devices and, in consequence, the absence of relevant switching currents as response to an electrical or optical trigger. Moreover, the

• conductance mechanism based on sequential tunneling leading to a higher current, (II) the optical antennae effect of AuNPs, which allows for an energy transfer to the functional molecules, and (III) the ease and versatility of adopting the properties of the constituting elements according to the requirements

A review of defect engineering, ion implantation, and nanofabrication using the helium ion microscope

• Frances I. Allen

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2021, 12, 633–664, doi:10.3762/bjnano.12.52

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

• , the antennae equipped with a high amount of sensors, powerful muscles enabling exceptional escape jumps, the capability to remotely detect and capture prey and efficient mate finding are assumed to be the basis for the success of the marine planktonic copepods [55]. Nevertheless, it is conceivable

Infrared receptors in pyrophilous (“fire loving”) insects as model for new un-cooled infrared sensors

• David Klocke,
• Anke Schmitz,
• Helmut Soltner,
• Herbert Bousack and
• Helmut Schmitz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 186–197, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.22

• the long-range navigation toward a fire as well as for the short-range orientation on a freshly burnt area these insects have special sensors for smoke and infrared (IR) radiation. Whereas the olfactory receptors for smoke are located on the antennae, the IR receptors are housed in extra-antennal

Oriented growth of porphyrin-based molecular wires on ionic crystals analysed by nc-AFM

• Thilo Glatzel,
• Lars Zimmerli,
• Shigeki Kawai,
• Ernst Meyer,
• Leslie-Anne Fendt and
• Francois Diederich

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2011, 2, 34–39, doi:10.3762/bjnano.2.4

• efficiencies with a broader wavelength range compared to silicon solar cells, such antennae systems are for example also of potential interest for hybrid solar cells that could operate under low or moderate light conditions. Furthermore, porphyrins are known to be very promising building blocks: They are not