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Walter Federle

Observed names: Federle, W, Federle, Walter, W Federle, W. FEDERLE, W. Federle, WALTER FEDERLE, Walter Federle (107736)
Observed institutions: Harvard University, University of Southern Denmark, University of Cambridge, University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of Würzburg, University of Glasgow, University of California, Berkeley
ORCID: 0000-0002-6375-3005
Observed ORCID: 0000-0002-6375-3005
OpenAlex ID: A5057261058
Insect aquaplaning: Nepenthes pitcher plants capture prey with the peristome, a fully wettable water-lubricated anisotropic surface
2004 · Holger F. Bohn, Walter Federle · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 809
Wet but not slippery: boundary friction in tree frog adhesive toe pads
2006 · W Federle, W.J.P Barnes, et al. · Journal of The Royal Society Interface · 390
An Integrative Study of Insect Adhesion: Mechanics and Wet Adhesion of Pretarsal Pads in Ants
2002 · W. Federle, Mathis Riehle, et al. · Integrative and Comparative Biology · 375
Why are so many adhesive pads hairy?
2006 · Walter Federle · Journal of Experimental Biology · 259
Mechanotransduction: use the force(s)
2015 · Ewa K. Paluch, Celeste M. Nelson, et al. · BMC Biology · 237
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Biomechanics of smooth adhesive pads in insects: influence of tarsal secretion on attachment performance
2006 · Patrick Drechsler, Walter Federle · Journal of Comparative Physiology A · 220
Biomechanics of the movable pretarsal adhesive organ in ants and bees
2001 · Walter Federle, Elizabeth L. Brainerd, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 217
Comparison of smooth and hairy attachment pads in insects: friction,adhesion and mechanisms for direction-dependence
2008 · James M. R. Bullock, Patrick Drechsler, et al. · Journal of Experimental Biology · 173
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Attachment Forces of Ants Measured With a Centrifuge: Better ‘Wax-Runners’ Have a Poorer Attachment to a Smooth Surface
2000 · W. Federle, K. Rohrseitz, et al. · Journal of Experimental Biology · 166
The insect-trapping rim of Nepenthes pitchers: surface structure and function
2009 · Ulrike Bauer, Walter Federle · Plant Signaling & Behavior · 159
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Scaling and biomechanics of surface attachment in climbing animals
2014 · David Labonte, Walter Federle · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 151
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Slippery ant-plants and skilful climbers: selection and protection of specific ant partners by epicuticular wax blooms in Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae)
1997 · Walter Federle, Ulrich Maschwitz, et al. · Oecologia · 150
Fluid-based adhesion in insects – principles and challenges
2011 · Jan-Henning Dirks, Walter Federle · Soft Matter · 147
Extreme positive allometry of animal adhesive pads and the size limits of adhesion-based climbing
2016 · David Labonte, Christofer J. Clemente, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 142
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Pushing versus pulling: division of labour between tarsal attachment pads in cockroaches
2008 · Christofer J Clemente, Walter Federle · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 131
Harmless nectar source or deadly trap:Nepenthespitchers are activated by rain, condensation and nectar
2007 · Ulrike Bauer, Holger F Bohn, et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 131
The effect of surface roughness on claw and adhesive hair performance in the dock beetle Gastrophysa viridula
2010 · James M. R. Bullock, Walter Federle · Insect Science · 130
Division of labour and sex differences between fibrillar, tarsal adhesive pads in beetles: effective elastic modulus and attachment performance
2009 · James M. R. Bullock, Walter Federle · Journal of Experimental Biology · 118
Locomotion and adhesion: dynamic control of adhesive surface contact in ants
2004 · Walter Federle, Thomas Endlein · Arthropod Structure & Development · 108
Biomechanics of ant adhesive pads: frictional forces are rate- and temperature-dependent
2003 · Walter Federle, Werner Baumgartner, et al. · Journal of Experimental Biology · 106
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Insect tricks: two-phasic foot pad secretion prevents slipping
2009 · Jan-Henning Dirks, Christofer J. Clemente, et al. · Journal of The Royal Society Interface · 98
Chemical composition of the slippery epicuticular wax blooms on Macaranga (Euphorbiaceae) ant-plants
2000 · Claus Markstädter, Walter Federle, et al. · Chemoecology · 98
Sticking like sticky tape: tree frogs use friction forces to enhance attachment on overhanging surfaces
2013 · Thomas Endlein, Aihong Ji, et al. · Journal of The Royal Society Interface · 97
Beetle adhesive hairs differ in stiffness and stickiness: in vivo adhesion measurements on individual setae
2011 · James M. R. Bullock, Walter Federle · Die Naturwissenschaften · 93
Bio‐Inspired Hierarchical Polymer Fiber–Carbon Nanotube Adhesives
2013 · Zhuxia Rong, Yanmin Zhou, et al. · Advanced Materials · 88
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Works count: 196
Citation count: 7,536
H-index: 50
I10-index: 87
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