11–16 Dec 2022
Australia/Adelaide timezone
Co-locating with the 7th International Workshop of Specialty Optical Fibres and Their Applications (WSOF), the Australian and New Zealand Conference on Optics and Photonics (ANZCOP), and the Conference on Optoelectronlc and Microelectronic Materials and Devices (COMMAD)

Glowworm Capture Threads Studied by AFM

13 Dec 2022, 15:00
15m
Room R3 (Adelaide Convention Centre)

Room R3

Adelaide Convention Centre

Talk (preferred) AIP: Condensed Matter, Materials and Surface Physics AIP: Condensed Matter, Materials and Surface Physics

Speaker

Prof. Deb Kane (Australian National University)

Description

Tapping mode atomic force microscopy was used to reveal nano-scale features and material variation near the surface of capture threads of glowworm (Arachnocampa tasmaniensis). Unstretched and stretched threads are contrasted.

Primary author

Prof. Deb Kane (Australian National University)

Co-authors

Dr Bo-Ching He (Center for Measurement Standards, Industrial Technology Research Institute) Dr Dakota Piorkowski (Department of Life Science, Tunghai University,) Prof. I-Min Tso (Department of Life Science, Tunghai University,) Dr Sean Blamires (Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, University of New South Wales)

Presentation materials