Close-up of mushroom-shaped fibrillar adhesive microstructure: Contact element behaviour

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 5, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 785-789

  Varenberg, M ^a   Gorb, S ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Biomimetics; Polymer; Surface patterning

Indexed keywords

LITHOGRAPHY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY;

CONTACT ELEMENTS; MICROFIBRES; REAL CONTACT AREA; SUCTION DEVICES;

GEOMETRY;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; CONTACT ANGLE; GEOMETRY; MUSHROOM; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 45849146880     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2007.1201     Document Type: Article

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