Towards a Spiderman suit: Large invisible cables and self-cleaning releasable superadhesive materials

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 19, Issue 39, 2007, Pages

  Pugno, Nicola M ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FRICTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

SUPERADHESIVE MATERIALS; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

EID: 34548425206     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/19/39/395001     Document Type: Article

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