Preliminary in vivo experiments on adhesion of geckos

Journal of Nanomaterials

Volumn 2008, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Pugno, N ^a,b   Lepore, E ^a,b   Brianza, S ^c   Antoniolli, F ^d   Buono, M ^e   Carpinteri, A ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^c AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e Società Italiana Veterinari per Animali da Reddito SIVAR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 54849424318     PISSN: 16874110     EISSN: 16874129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/194524     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Aristotle, Historia Animalium 1918 Oxford, UK The Clarendon Press Book IX, Part 9
2. Arzt E., Gorb S., Spolenak R., From micro to nano contacts in biological attachment devices Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2003 100 19 10603 10606
3. Autumn K., Peattie A. M., Mechanisms of adhesion in geckos Integrative and Comparative Biology 2002 42 6 1081 1090
4. Irschick D. J., Austin C. C., Petren K., Fisher R. N., Losos J. B., Ellers O., A comparative analysis of clinging ability among pad-bearing lizards Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 1996 59 1 21 35
5. Ruibal R., Ernst V., The structure of the digital setae of lizards Journal of Morphology 1965 117 3 271 293
6. Russell A. P., The morphological basis of weight-bearing in the scansors of the tokay gecko (Reptilia: Sauria) Canadian Journal of Zoology 1986 64 4 948 955
7. Schleich H. H., Kstle W., Ultrastrukturen an Gecko-Zehen (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) Amphibia-Reptilia 1986 7 2 141 166
8. Wagler J., Natrliches System der Amphibien 1830 Munich, Germany J. G. Cottaschen Buchhandlung
9. Autumn K., Liang Y. A., Hsieh S. T., Adhesive force of a single gecko foot-hair Nature 2000 405 6787 681 685
10. Bergmann P. J., Irschick D. J., Effects of temperature on maximum clinging ability in a diurnal gecko: evidence for a passive clinging mechanism? Journal of Experimental Zoology A 2005 303 9 785 791
11. Dellit W.-D., Zur Anatomie und Physiologie der Geckozehe Jenaische Zeitschrift fr Naturwissenschaft 1934 68 613 658
12. Gennaro J. G. J., The gecko grip Journal of Natural History 1969 78 36 43
13. Hiller U., Untersuchungen zum Feinbau und zur Funktion der Haftborsten von Reptilien Zeitschrift fr Morphologie der Tiere 1968 62 4 307 362
14. Huber G., Mantz H., Spolenak R., Evidence for capillarity contributions to gecko adhesion from single spatula nanomechanical measurements Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2005 102 45 16293 16296
15. Schmidt H. R., Zur Anatomie und Physiologie der Geckopfote Jenaische Zeitschrift fr Naturwissenschaft 1904 39 551 563
16. Simmermacher G., Untersuchungen ber Haftapparate an Tarsalgliedern von Insekten Zeitschrift fr Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 1884 40 481 556
17. Stork N. E., Experimental analysis of adhesion of Chrysolina polita (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera) on a variety of surfaces Journal of Experimental Biology 1980 88 1 91 107
18. Huber G., Gorb S. N., Spolenak R., Arzt E., Resolving the nanoscale adhesion of individual gecko spatulae by atomic force microscopy Biology Letters 2005 1 1 2 4
19. Northen M. T., Turner K. L., A batch fabricated biomimetic dry adhesive Nanotechnology 2005 16 8 1159 1166
20. Yurdumakan B., Raravikar N. R., Ajayan P. M., Dhinojwala A., Synthetic gecko foot-hairs from multiwalled carbon nanotubes Chemical Communications 2005 30 3799 3801
21. Lee H., Lee B. P., Messersmith P. B., A reversible wet/dry adhesive inspired by mussels and geckos Nature 2007 448 7151 338 341
22. Russell A. P., A contribution to the functional morphology of the foot of the tokay, Gekko gecko (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) Journal of Zoology 1975 176 437 476
23. Williams E. E., Peterson J. A., Convergent and alternative designs in the digital adhesive pads of scincid lizards Science 1982 215 4539 1509 1511
24. Persson B. N. J., Gorb S., The effect of surface roughness on the adhesion of elastic plates with application to biological systems Journal of Chemical Physics 2003 119 21 11437 11444
25. Pugno N. M., Towards a Spiderman suit: large invisible cables and self-cleaning releasable superadhesive materials Journal of Physics Condensed Matter 2007 19 39 17
26. Autumn K., How gecko toes stick American Scientist 2006 94 3 124 132
27. Gao H., Wang X., Yao H., Gorb S., Arzt E., Mechanics of hierarchical adhesion structures of geckos Mechanics of Materials 2005 37 2-3 275 285
28. Autumn K., Dittmore A., Santos D., Spenko M., Cutkosky M., Frictional adhesion: a new angle on gecko attachment Journal of Experimental Biology 2006 209 18 3569 3579
29. Hansen W. R., Autumn K., Evidence for self-cleaning in gecko setae Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2005 102 2 385 389
30. Huber G., Gorb S. N., Hosoda N., Spolenak R., Arzt E., Influence of surface roughness on gecko adhesion Acta Biomaterialia 2007 3 4 607 610
31. Autumn K., Sitti M., Liang Y. A., Evidence for van der Waals adhesion in gecko setae Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2002 99 19 12252 12256