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Stanislav N. Gorb

Stanislav N. Gorb

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Materials Science

D-Index
88
Citations
28828
World Ranking
1859
National Ranking
102

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

Overview

Stanislav N. Gorb is affiliated with Kiel University in Germany and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of Engineering and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Mechanics of Materials, Insect Science, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Fossil Insects in Amber
  • Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms
  • Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity

They have published articles in several recurrent venues, notably:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
  • Biomimetics
  • Journal of The Royal Society Interface
  • Insects

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Bioinspired footed soft robot with unidirectional all-terrain mobility" (2020, Materials Today)
  • "Persistence of plastic debris and its colonization by bacterial communities after two decades on the abyssal seafloor" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Gecko's Feet-Inspired Self-Peeling Switchable Dry/Wet Adhesive" (2021, Chemistry of Materials)
  • "Denitrification in foraminifera has an ancient origin and is complemented by associated bacteria" (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Insect wing damage: causes, consequences and compensatory mechanisms" (2020, Journal of Experimental Biology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this scientist include:

  • Alexander Kovalev
  • Wencke Krings
  • Hamed Rajabi
  • Thies H. Büscher
  • А. Е. Филиппов

In addition to journal articles, Stanislav N. Gorb has contributed to book publications, including a work published by Springer Nature (Netherlands): "Combined Discrete and Continual Approaches in Biological Modelling" (2020).

Stanislav N. Gorb was recognized by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2011 for contributions within Organismic and Evolutionary Biology.

Best Publications

  • From micro to nano contacts in biological attachment devices.

    Eduard Arzt;Eduard Arzt;Stanislav Gorb;Ralph Spolenak

  • Evidence for capillarity contributions to gecko adhesion from single spatula nanomechanical measurements.

    Gerrit Huber;Hubert Mantz;Ralph Spolenak;Klaus Mecke

  • Mechanics of hierarchical adhesion structures of geckos

    Huajian Gao;Xiang Wang;Haimin Yao;Stanislav Gorb

  • Attachment devices of insect cuticle

    Stanislav Gorb

  • Biomimetic mushroom-shaped fibrillar adhesive microstructure.

    S Gorb;M Varenberg;A Peressadko;J Tuma

  • The effect of surface roughness on the adhesion of elastic plates with application to biological systems

    B. N. J. Persson;S. Gorb

  • Roughness-dependent friction force of the tarsal claw system in the beetle Pachnoda marginata (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae).

    Zhendong Dai;Stanislav N. Gorb;Uli Schwarz

  • Effects of contact shape on the scaling of biological attachments

    Ralph Spolenak;Stanislav Gorb;Huajian Gao;Eduard Arzt;Eduard Arzt

  • Fabrication of Macroscopically Flexible and Highly Porous 3D Semiconductor Networks from Interpenetrating Nanostructures by a Simple Flame Transport Approach

    Yogendra K. Mishra;Sören Kaps;Arnim Schuchardt;Ingo Paulowicz

  • Resolving the nanoscale adhesion of individual gecko spatulae by atomic force microscopy

    Gerrit Huber;Stanislav N Gorb;Ralph Spolenak;Eduard Arzt;Eduard Arzt

  • Adhesion design maps for bio-inspired attachment systems

    Ralph Spolenak;Stanislav Gorb;Eduard Arzt;Eduard Arzt

  • Evidence for a material gradient in the adhesive tarsal setae of the ladybird beetle Coccinella septempunctata

    Henrik Peisker;Jan Michels;Stanislav N. Gorb

  • Origin of the superior adhesive performance of mushroom-shaped microstructured surfaces

    Giuseppe Carbone;Elena Pierro;Stanislav N. Gorb

  • Biological attachment devices: exploring nature's diversity for biomimetics

    Stanislav N Gorb

  • Detailed three-dimensional visualization of resilin in the exoskeleton of arthropods using confocal laser scanning microscopy.

    Jan Michels;Stanislav Gorb

  • Hexagonal Surface Micropattern for Dry and Wet Friction

    Michael Varenberg;Stanislav N. Gorb

  • Influence of surface roughness on gecko adhesion.

    Gerrit Huber;Stanislav N Gorb;Naoe Hosoda;Ralph Spolenak

  • Ultrastructural architecture and mechanical properties of attachment pads in Tettigonia viridissima (Orthoptera Tettigoniidae).

    Stanislav Gorb;Yuekan Jiao;Matthias Scherge

  • Adhesion measured on the attachment pads of Tettigonia viridissima (Orthoptera, insecta).

    Yuekan Jiao;Stanislav Gorb;Matthias Scherge

  • An Engineered Spider Silk Protein Forms Microspheres

    Ute K. Slotta;Sebastian Rammensee;Stanislav Gorb;Thomas Scheibel

Frequent Co-Authors

Eduard Arzt
Eduard Arzt University of California, San Diego
Nicola Pugno
Nicola Pugno University of Trento
Rolf G. Beutel
Rolf G. Beutel Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Martin Steinhart
Martin Steinhart Osnabrück University
Ralph Spolenak
Ralph Spolenak ETH Zurich
Roger D. Quinn
Roger D. Quinn Case Western Reserve University
Huajian Gao
Huajian Gao Tsinghua University
Feng Zhou
Feng Zhou Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics
Valentin L. Popov
Valentin L. Popov Technical University of Berlin
Rainer Adelung
Rainer Adelung Kiel University

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