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Insect Exoskeleton

Insect Exoskeleton is a rigid external skeletal structure composed primarily of chitin and proteins that provides physical support, articulation, and protective covering for insects, distinguishing it from endoskeletal and non-chitinous integumentary systems in other animal taxa.

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The Insects: Structure and Function

Robert W. Matthews · Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America · 1971 · 2.3K citations · Full text

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Design and mechanical properties of insect cuticle

Julian F. V. Vincent, Ulrike G. K. Wegst · Arthropod Structure & Development · 2004 · 1.1K citations

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Fine Structure of Insect Epidermal Glands

Charles Noirot, André Quennedey · Annual Review of Entomology · 1974 · 754 citations

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PERITROPHIC MATRIX STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Michael J. Lehane · Annual Review of Entomology · 1997 · 741 citations

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Superhydrophobic and superoleophobic properties in nature

Thierry Darmanin, Frédéric Guittard · Materials Today · 2015 · 680 citations · Full text

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    Stanislav N. Gorb

    Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany

    84 publications · 5.5K citations

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  2. SO
    Svend Olav Andersen

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    23 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. KJ
    Karl J. Kramer

    Kansas State University, United States

    18 publications · 1.5K citations

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  4. CY
    Cheryl Y. Hayashi

    University of California, Riverside, United States

    18 publications · 2.4K citations

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  5. WF
    Walter Federle

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    17 publications · 1.9K citations

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  1. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    31 h-index

    74 publications

    5.7K citations

  2. Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

    Kiel, Germany

    29 h-index

    128 publications

    5.2K citations

  3. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    24 h-index

    69 publications

    9.6K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    23 h-index

    93 publications

    6.4K citations

  5. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    21 h-index

    43 publications

    1.9K citations

  6. Kansas State University

    Manhattan, United States

    21 h-index

    68 publications

    6K citations

  7. Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology

    Tübingen, Germany

    19 h-index

    46 publications

    5.1K citations

  8. Southwest University

    Chongqing, China

    19 h-index

    183 publications

    7.3K citations

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  1. Journal of Experimental Biology

    65 publications · 6K citations

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  2. Journal of Insect Physiology

    74 publications · 3.2K citations

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  3. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

    55 publications · 3.4K citations

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  4. Scientific Reports

    33 publications · 1.8K citations

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  5. Nature

    31 publications · 1.7K citations

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