Capillarity-based switchable adhesion

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3377-3381

  Vogel, Michael J ^a   Steen, Paul H ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinspired design; Controlled wet adhesion; Electroosmotic pump; Leaf beetle; Volume scavenging

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CAPILLARY ADHESION DEVICE; DEVICE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONICS; ELECTROOSMOSIS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FLOW KINETICS; FRACTIONATION; INTERFACE PRESSURE; LIQUID; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION;

ADHESIVENESS; ADHESIVES; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOENGINEERING; CAPILLARITY; ELECTROOSMOSIS; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 77649333599     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0914720107     Document Type: Article

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