Abstract In competition-based experiments, 1, 4-benzoquinone (BQ) has been a frequently
applied compound for determination of the role of O 2 radical dot− radicals. In those studies …

Exocrine glands release a secretion to the body surface or into a lumen and are likely to be
found in all insect taxa. Their secretions are diverse, serving many physiological, behavioral …

Ground beetles (Carabidae) are recognized for their diverse, chemically-mediated defensive
behaviors. Produced using a pair of pygidial glands, over 250 chemical constituents have …

Extracellular electron transfer (EET) is a metabolic process that frequently uses quinones to
couple intracellular redox reactions with extracellular electron acceptors. The physiological …

Bombardier beetles (Brachinini) use a rapid series of discrete explosions inside their
pygidial gland reaction chambers to produce a hot, pulsed, quinone-based defensive spray …

Bioluminescence has been a fascinating natural phenomenon of light emission from living
creatures. It happens when the enzyme luciferase facilitates the oxidation of luciferin …

This paper describes a pneumatically powered system based on hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O
2) decomposition designed to provide enhanced energy and power density for exoskeleton …

Heterogeneous photocatalysis can provide a solution to treat recalcitrant, hardly
biodegradable compounds, although its efficiency should be increased. Two possibilities …

This paper describes a pneumatically powered system based on hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)
decomposition designed to provide enhanced energy and power density for wearable …