Functional demands of dynamic biological adhesion: An integrative approach

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 231-239

  Peattie, Anne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Biomimetics; Fibrillar adhesives; Locomotion; Wet adhesives

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADHESION; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; LIMB; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPIDER;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ADHESIVENESS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EXTREMITIES; INSECTS; LIZARDS; LOCOMOTION; SPIDERS;

ANIMALIA; GEKKONIDAE; HEXAPODA; PHASMATODEA;

EID: 62949234324     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-008-0310-8     Document Type: Review

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