Biological adhesion for locomotion on rough surfaces: Basic principles and a theorist's view

MRS Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 486-490

  Persson, B N J ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; OPTIMIZATION; RUBBER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

BIOLOGICAL ADHESION SYSTEMS; MACROSCOPIC SOLIDS; SOLID STRUCTURES;

ADHESION;

EID: 34547296423     PISSN: 08837694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/mrs2007.82     Document Type: Conference Paper

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