Fabrication of bio-inspired elastomer nanofiber arrays with spatulate tips using notching effect

2008 8th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE-NANO

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 780-782

  Kim, Seok ^a   Sitti, Metin ^a   Jang, Ji Hyun ^b   Thomas, Edwin L ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Biologically inspired adhesives; Fibrillar adhesion; Notching effect

Indexed keywords

BIO-INSPIRED; BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED ADHESIVES; DEEP REACTIVE ION ETCH; DRY ADHESIVES; FABRICATION METHODS; FIBER ARRAYS; FIBER DIAMETERS; FIBRILLAR ADHESION; FLAT DISKS; GECKO FEET; IN VACUUMS; INTERFERENCE LITHOGRAPHIES; LIQUID POLYMERS; MASTER MOLDS; NANOFIBER ARRAYS; NANOSCALE; NOTCHING EFFECT; NOTCHING EFFECTS; PRELOAD; SILICON ON INSULATORS;

ABS RESINS; ADHESION; ADHESIVES; CURING; FABRICATION; LITHOGRAPHY; MOLDS; NANOFIBERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; RUBBER; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON; SILICON WAFERS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

ADHESIVES; ELASTOMERS; ETCHING; LITHOGRAPHY; POLYURETHANES; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 55349099173     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NANO.2008.233     Document Type: Conference Paper

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