• DocumentCode
    1577269
  • Title

    Application of Nanoindenter in Investigating Properties of the Cuticle of Dung Beetle

  • Author

    Jiyu, Sun ; Jin, Tong

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Biol. & Agric. Eng., Jilin Univ., Changchun
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    4882
  • Lastpage
    4883
  • Abstract
    The cuticle of insects is multilayered structure at micro- or nano-scale in vertical direction. This work investigated the mechanical properties of the cuticle of dung beetle Copris ochus Motschulsky using nanoindenter. It was shown that the nanomechanical properties of the cuticle were different for each layer of the cuticle and its normal nanoindentation was resulted from the composite effect of the all layers
  • Keywords
    biomechanics; indentation; Copris ochus Motschulsky; cuticle; dung beetle; mechanical properties; nanoindentation; nanoindenter; Agricultural engineering; Biological materials; Electron emission; Erbium; Insects; Instruments; Nanobioscience; Nanostructured materials; Surface morphology; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the
  • Conference_Location
    Shanghai
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8741-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1615566
  • Filename
    1615566