Adhesion of biologically inspired vertical and angled polymer microfiber arrays

Langmuir

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3322-3332

  Aksak, Burak ^a   Murphy, Michael P ^a   Sitti, Metin ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION BEHAVIORS; FIBRILLAR ADHESIVES; MACROSCALE ADHESION;

ADHESION; ADHESIVES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; POLYURETHANES;

FIBERS;

BIOMATERIAL; GLASS; POLYMER; POLYURETHAN;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRESSURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TENSILE STRENGTH; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADHESIONS; ADHESIVENESS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; GLASS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYMERS; POLYURETHANES; PRESSURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 33947422959     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la062697t     Document Type: Article

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