Helmut Schmitz

Water as a major modulator of the mechanical properties of insect cuticle

David Klocke, Helmut Schmitz · Acta Biomaterialia · 2011 · 165 citations

Insect Biomechanics, Engineering, Mechanical Properties +11

Insect antenna as a smoke detector

Stefan Schütz, Bernhard Weißbecker, Hans E. Hummel et al. · Nature · 1999 · 139 citations

Engineering, Antenna, Smart Antenna +3

Infrared detection in a beetle

Helmut Schmitz, Horst Bleckmann, Manfred Mürtz · Nature · 1997 · 123 citations

Engineering, Thermography, Infrared Sensor +5

The photomechanic infrared receptor for the detection of forest fires in the beetle Melanophila acuminata (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

Helmut Schmitz, Horst Bleckmann · Journal of Comparative Physiology A · 1998 · 113 citations

Biology, Infrared Sensor, Insect Conservation +5

The infrared receptor of Melanophila acuminata De Geer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae): ultrastructural study of a unique insect thermoreceptor and its possible descent from a hair mechanoreceptor

T. Vondran, Karl-Heinz Apel, Helmut Schmitz · Tissue and Cell · 1995 · 85 citations

Biology, De Geer, Pheromone Biochemistry +6