Geckos' foot hair structure and their ability to hang from rough surfaces and move quickly

International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 639-643

  Takahashi, Kunio ^a   Berengueres, Jose Oriol Lopez ^a   Obata, Kenichi J ^a   Saito, Shigeki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Attachment; Biological adhesion; Compliance; Detachment; Gecko; JKR contact; Mechanism; Stiffness; Surface roughness; Wall climbing

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

BIOLOGICAL ADHESION; GECKO; JKR CONTACT; WALL-CLIMBING;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ADHESION; CONTACTING; HAIR; STIFFNESS;

EID: 33745200049     PISSN: 01437496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijadhadh.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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