Effect of sample treatment on biomechanical properties of insect cuticle

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• 作者：Benjamin Aberle^a ; Raouf Jemmali^b ; Jan-Henning Dirks^a ; ^{jan-henning.dirks@hs-bremen.de}
• 关键词：Insect cuticle ; Biomechanics ; Sample treatment ; Dynamic mechanical analysis
• 刊名：Arthropod Structure & Development
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：46
• 期：1
• 页码：138-146
• 全文大小：1150 K
• 卷排序：46

文摘

Freezing insect cuticle samples at −20 °C does not significantly affect stiffness or damping properties. Storage in water can be a suitable short-term storage of sclerotized cuticle samples. Using ethanol or glutaraldehyde for storage is not suitable to maintain the original biomechanical properties. The damping properties of locust hind legs might be mechanically optimized in respect to the jumping and kicking direction.