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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1615566
