Tom Masselter

Flectofin: a hingeless flapping mechanism inspired by nature

Julian Lienhard, Simon Schleicher, Simon Poppinga et al. · Bioinspiration & Biomimetics · 2011 · 187 citations

Engineering, Bioengineering, Materials Science +16

Ultra-fast underwater suction traps

Olivier Vincent, Carmen Weißkopf, Simon Poppinga et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2011 · 123 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Zoology +17

Fastest predators in the plant kingdom: functional morphology and biomechanics of suction traps found in the largest genus of carnivorous plants

Simon Poppinga, Anna Sophia Westermeier, Tom Masselter et al. · AoB Plants · 2015 · 71 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Plant Sciences +13

Silent Pumpers: A Comparative Topical Overview of the Peristaltic Pumping Principle in Living Nature, Engineering, and Biomimetics

Falk Esser, Tom Masselter, Thomas Speck · Advanced Intelligent Systems · 2019 · 56 citations · Full text

Engineering, Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering +13

Catapulting Tentacles in a Sticky Carnivorous Plant

Simon Poppinga, Siegfried R. H. Hartmeyer, Robin Seidel et al. · PLoS ONE · 2012 · 52 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Entomology, Zoology +16