| bioinspired polymer microstructures for directional transport of oily liquids. | nature has always served as an inspiration for scientists, helping them to solve a large diversity of technical problems. in our case, we are interested in the directional transport of oily liquids and as a model for this application we used the flat bug dysodius lunatus. in this report, we present arrays of drops looking like polymer microstructures produced by the two-photon polymerization technique that mimic the micro-ornamentation from the bug's cuticle. a good directionality of oil transpo ... | 2017 | 28405373 |
| adaptive camouflage: what can be learned from the wetting behaviour of the tropical flat bugs dysodius lunatus and dysodiusmagnus. | the neotropical flat bug species dysodius lunatus and dysodius magnus show a fascinating camouflage principle, as their appearance renders the animal hardly visible on the bark of trees. however, when getting wet due to rain, bark changes its colour and gets darker. in order to keep the camouflage effect, it seems that some dysodius species benefit from their ability to hold a water film on their cuticle and therefore change their optical properties when also wetted by water. this camouflage beh ... | 2017 | 28811303 |