Synthetic gecko foot-hairs from multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Chemical Communications

Volumn , Issue 30, 2005, Pages 3799-3801

  Yurdumakan, Betul ^a   Raravikar, Nachiket R ^b   Ajayan, Pulickel M ^b   Dhinojwala, Ali ^a  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; POLYMER;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; FOOT; GRAVITY; HAIR; LIZARD; NONHUMAN;

EID: 23744484664     PISSN: 13597345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b506047h     Document Type: Article

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