Publications of SN Gorb

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)

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)

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)

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)

Bouchard, P.; Gorb, S.: The elytra-to-body binding mechanism of the flightless rainforest species Tabarus montanus Kaszab (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidea). Arthropod Structure & Development 29 (4), pp. 323 - 331 (2000)

Gorb, S.; Jiao, Y.; Scherge, M.: Ultrastructural architecture and mechanical properties of attachment pads in Tettigonia viridissima (Orthoptera Tettigoniidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology 186 (9), pp. 821 - 831 (2000)

Gorb, S.; Scherge, M.: Biological microtribology: anisotropy in frictional forces of orthopteran attachment pads reflects the ultrastructure of a highly deformable material. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 267 (1449), pp. 1239 - 1244 (2000)

Jiao, Y.; Gorb, S.; Scherge, M.: Adhesion measured on the attachment pads of Tettigonia viridissima (Orthoptera, insecta). Journal of Experimental Biology 203 (12), pp. 1887 - 1895 (2000)

Gorb, S.; Beutel, R.: Head-capsule design and mandible control in beetle larvae: a three-dimensional approach. Journal of Morphology 244 (1), pp. 1 - 14 (2000)