Enhanced compliant adhesive design and fabrication with dual-level hierarchical structure

Journal of Bionic Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 228-234

  Li, Yasong ^a   Sameoto, Dan ^b   Menon, Carlo ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomimetics; Dry adhesive; Dual level adhesive; Hierarchical; Polymer; Silicone

Indexed keywords

ADHESION STRENGTHS; CONTACT AREAS; CONTACT MECHANICS; CONTACT SURFACE AREA; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; DIFFERENT SCALE; DRY ADHESIVE; DUAL-LEVEL ADHESIVE; FIBRE TIP; HIERARCHICAL; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; LASER CUTTERS; LEVEL STRUCTURE; MACRO SCALE; MICRO-SCALES; MULTIPLE SCALE; NORMAL LOADING; PEEL STRENGTH; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; ROUGH SURFACES; SINGLE LEVEL; SMOOTH SURFACE;

ADHESION; ADHESIVES; BIOMIMETICS; CURING; DESIGN; ESTERS; MICROCHANNELS; MOLDS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMERS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SILICONES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

FIBERS;

EID: 78649375661     PISSN: 16726529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(10)60245-4     Document Type: Article

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