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    Synthetic setae emulate the setae found on the toes of a gecko and scientific research in this area is driven towards the development of dry adhesives...
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  • Seta (redirect from Setae)
    These setae have a different structure than the valve. Such setae may prevent rapid sinking and also protect the cells from grazing. Synthetic setae are...
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    surface area effects. On its feet, the gecko has many microscopic hairs, or setae (singular seta), arranged into lamellae that increase the Van der Waals...
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    backing material of flexible polymer tape. These arrays are called synthetic setae and mimic the nanostructures found on the toes of a gecko; this is...
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  • climb sheer surfaces such as vertical glass. Synthetic equivalents use carbon nanotubes as synthetic setae on reusable adhesive patches. A gecko can hang...
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  • Synthetic setae, emulate the anatomical processes found on various animals, including the feet of basilisk lizards and the toes of geckos "Synthetic"...
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    lamellae / setae / spatulae structures and the surface. These van der Waals interactions involve no fluids; in theory, a boot made of synthetic setae would...
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    (chemistry) Gecko feet Lennard-Jones potential Noncovalent interactions Synthetic setae Van der Waals molecule Van der Waals radius Van der Waals strain Van...
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  • der Waals attraction between surfaces and foot-hairs of geckos (see Synthetic setae) provides the remarkable ability to climb up vertical walls. Van der...
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    inform a better understanding of human finger function. Gecko feet Synthetic setae Barnes, W. Jon. P. (2011). "Functional Morphology and Design Constraints...
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    as setae. Such biological examples have offered inspiration in order to produce climbing robots,[citation needed] boots and tape. Synthetic setae have...
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    adhesion Meniscus Mucoadhesion Pressure-sensitive adhesive Rail adhesion Synthetic setae Wetting Cohesion number Vert, Michel; Doi, Yoshiharu; Hellwich, Karl-Heinz;...
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    punching holes in the wall. The carbon nanotube arrays comprising the synthetic setae leave no residue after removal and can stay sticky in extreme temperatures...
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  • notepad organisers, mobile phone cases and large houseware products. Synthetic setae Suction cup "Turn your iPhone into a mirror, bottle opener, and more...
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    attack than synthetic fibers. Dermestids also attack chocolate, copra, and cocoa beans. Dermestid hastisetae (a specific group of detachable setae from the...
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    bristlelike hairs called lateral setae used to anchor parts of the body during movement; species may have four pairs of setae on each segment or more than...
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    mechanical sensors, mostly based on modifications of the many bristles known as setae that project through their cuticles. Similarly, their reproduction and development...
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    detecting tactile cues by coming into contact with the female’s dorsal setae, which are sensory hairs located on her back. The male uses physical touch...
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    equivalents of taste and smell, often by means of setae. An adult Araneus may have up to 1,000 such chemosensitive setae, most on the tarsi of the first pair of...
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    fabrics ingested. The pupa is yellowish brown and composed of strongly hooked setae on terminal abdominal body segments. Mature individuals have pale ochre...
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    area of the head, number of setae on the upper thoracic proepisternum, coloration of prepostnotal setae, coloration of setae found on the mid-lobe of the...
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    close the entrance to their tubes with a shield-like operculum made of dark setae. When submerged, they extend their tentacles out of the tube to catch food...
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    hominivorax are metallic green to bluish green in major coloration, with setae on the dorsal surface of the stem vein, orange gena, pale white anterior...
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    hierarchical structure which consists of a million microfibrils called setae which further consists of billions of nano-sized branches called spatulae...
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    which to bury themselves and form cocoons. During processions, stimuli from setae on the tip of the abdomen of the caterpillar in front serve to hold processions...
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    V. destructor and V. jacobsoni with slight differences in body size and setae characteristics, though each of the four species within the Varroa genus...
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    setaceous being like or having the nature of a seta or of setae setose setose bearing, or covered in setae. setula Diminutive of seta. A small chitinous hair...
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    versions of mosquitoes, but also with overall furry appearance from many long setae (like hairs) on body and wings (see photograph of Phlebotomus pappatasi)...
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    teleta has fine bristles or setae. Setae are segmentally repeated along the body, with morphologically distinct setae in the thoracic (hooded hooks)...
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    distinguishing characteristics include the position of the stigmata, the lack of setae, the strongly corrugated integument, and the form of the fenestrated plates...
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