Effects of He++ ion irradiation on adhesion of polymer microstructure-based dry adhesives

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 242-247

  Day, Paul ^a,b   Cutkosky, Mark ^a,b   Greco, Richard ^a,b   McLaughlin, Anastasia ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ADHESIVES; ION BOMBARDMENT; IRRADIATION; ROBOTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADHESION TESTING; ADHESIVE PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR ENVIRONMENTS; POLYMER MICROSTRUCTURES; ROBOTIC APPLICATIONS; ROBOTIC PLATFORMS; SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATIONS; SYNTHETIC ADHESIVES;

RADIATION;

EID: 79953298218     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE10-56TN     Document Type: Article

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