Large-scale flexible molding technology for producing biomimetic dry adhesives in mutliple materials using a commerical acrylic master

Technical Digest - Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 304-307

  Sameoto, D ^a,b   Menon, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETIC PROCESSES; ELECTRIC LAMPS; MICROSYSTEMS; MOLDING; MOLDS; SOLID-STATE SENSORS; SUBSTRATES; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

DRY ADHESIVE; FABRICATION METHOD; FLEXIBLE MOLDING; MASTER MOLDS; MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES; SCALE-UP; SHAPED FIBERS; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS;

ADHESIVES;

EID: 78649441926     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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