Deliverable D2.3: Public summary of biological fluid transport mechanism on website

The status of understanding of the biological mechanism for the fluid transport was reported in milestone M2 (month 12). Despite the directional water transport in capillary channels on the integument of horned lizards, the transport of water on the cuticle of flat bugs was focused. The transport of water out of the bug capillaries onto the cuticle plates is of special interest, in particular in view of the addressed potential fields of application, such as lubrication. The total understanding of this process is still not completely understood though – the research is ongoing.
However, the principles of the directional, passive fluid transport in the scent gland channels of flat bugs have been identified and successfully transferred to hot working tool steel as well as polymer samples.

Deliverable D2.3 is partially based on deliverables D2.1 and D2.2.

A summary of these findings was published on the public section of the LiNaBioFluid website ( www.laserbiofluid.eu ) as the included content.