Mechanics of hierarchical adhesion structures of geckos

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 275-285

  Gao, Huajian ^a   Wang, Xiang ^a,b   Yao, Haimin ^a   Gorb, Stanislav ^a   Arzt, Eduard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Biological materials; Contact mechanics; Nanostructured materials

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; PROTEINS;

ADHESIVE STRENGTH; CONTACT MECHANICS; GECKOS; NANOMETER LENGTH;

ADHESION;

EID: 7544222419     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2004.03.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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