Concave biological surfaces for strong wet adhesion

Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 593-604

  Su, Yewang ^a   Ji, Baohua ^b   Huang, Yonggang ^c   Hwang, Kehchih ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

adhesion force; biological surface; concave surface; contact shape; robustness; wet adhesion

Indexed keywords

ADHESION FORCES; ADHESION STRENGTHS; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ANTIADHESION; BASIC PRINCIPLES; BIOLOGICAL SURFACES; CAPILLARY FORCE; CONCAVE SURFACE; CRITICAL ANGLES; EFFECTIVE CONTACT; FIBER SYSTEMS; LIQUID BRIDGE; LIQUID VOLUME; NANO-DEVICES; PLANT LEAVES; TENTATIVE DESIGN; WET ADHESION;

CONTACT ANGLE; FIBERS; LIQUIDS; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

ADHESION;

EID: 73149090586     PISSN: 08949166     EISSN: 18602134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-9166(09)60390-6     Document Type: Article

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