Effects of humidity on the mechanical properties of gecko setae

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 733-738

  Prowse, Michael S ^a   Wilkinson, Matt ^b   Puthoff, Jonathan B ^b   Mayer, George ^a   Autumn, Kellar ^a,b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Gecko; Humidity effects; Mechanical properties; Seta

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; KERATIN; WATER ABSORPTION;

'DRY' [; DEFORMATION DYNAMICS; DEFORMATION PROPERTIES; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL RESPONSE; EPIDERMAL LAYERS; GECKO; GECKO FEET; HUMIDITY EFFECTS; SETA; TENSILE DEFORMATION;

ADHESION;

KERATIN;

ADHESION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FRICTION; GEKKO GECKO; HAIR; HUMIDITY; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOELASTICITY; WATER ABSORPTION; YOUNG MODULUS;

GEKKO GECKO; GEKKONIDAE;

EID: 78650749276     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2010.09.036     Document Type: Article

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