Friction enhancement via micro-patterned wet elastomer adhesives on small intestinal surfaces

Biomedical Materials

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 216-220

  Kwon, Jiwoon ^a   Cheung, Eugene ^b   Park, Sukho ^c   Sitti, Metin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; ELASTOMER; OIL; SILICON;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPE; FRICTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; ROBOTICS; SMALL INTESTINE; SWINE; VISCOSITY;

ADHESIVES; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; ELASTOMERS; FRICTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MATERIALS TESTING; NYLONS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; WETTABILITY;

SUIDAE;

EID: 33846883080     PISSN: 17486041     EISSN: 1748605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-6041/1/4/007     Document Type: Article

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