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ArticleiScience2022

Bristled-wing design of materials, microstructures, and aerodynamics enables flapping flight in tiny wasps.

Yonggang Jiang, Peng Zhao, Xuefei Cai, Jiaxin Rong, Zihao Dong, Huawei Chen, Peng Wu, Hongying Hu, Xiangxiang Jin, Deyuan Zhang and 1 more

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Article in iScience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Hymenoptera and biomimetic surfaces: insights and innovations.Beilstein journal of nanotechnology · 2024
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  8. Flow development and leading edge vorticity in bristled insect wings.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Yonggang JiangInsitute of Bionic and Micro-nano Systems, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China.
Peng ZhaoInsitute of Bionic and Micro-nano Systems, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China.
Xuefei CaiGraduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan.
Jiaxin RongGraduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan.
Zihao DongInsitute of Bionic and Micro-nano Systems, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China.
Huawei ChenInsitute of Bionic and Micro-nano Systems, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China.
Peng WuSchool of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215021, China.
Hongying HuCollege of Life Science and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China.
Xiangxiang JinGuangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510260, China.
Deyuan ZhangInsitute of Bionic and Micro-nano Systems, School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China.
Hao LiuGraduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parasitoid wasps of the smallest flying insects with bristled wings exhibit sophisticated flight behaviors while challenging biomechanical limitations in miniaturization and low-speed flow regimes. Here, we investigate the morphology, material composition, and mechanical properties of the bristles of the parasitoid wasps

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BiomaterialsBiomechanicsEntomologyMaterials science

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PMID35036876
PMCPMC8753183

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