Normal adhesive force-displacement curves of living geckos

Journal of Adhesion

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1059-1072

  Pugno, N ^a,b,c   Lepore, E ^a   Toscano, S ^d   Pugno, F ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA   (Italy)

^d DVM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Force; Geckos; Living; Safety factor

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE ABILITY; ADHESIVE FORCE; ATOMIC FORCE; BODY WEIGHT; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FORCE; FORCE-DISPLACEMENT CURVES; GECKO FEET; GECKOS; GLASS SURFACES; LIVING;

ADHESION; GLASS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SAFETY FACTOR;

EID: 84855797062     PISSN: 00218464     EISSN: 15455823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00218464.2011.609439     Document Type: Article

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