Roles of discontinuities in bio-inspired adhesive pads

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 55-61

  Chung, Jun Young ^a   Chaudhury, Manoj K ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio mimetic adhesion; Interfacial fracture toughness; Patterned adhesive film

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; SILASTIC;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MECHANICS;

ADHESIVES; MECHANICS; SILICONE ELASTOMERS;

EID: 27844570052     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2004.0020     Document Type: Article

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