Design of gecko-inspired fibrillar surfaces with strong attachment and easy-removal properties: A numerical analysis of peel-zone

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 75, 2012, Pages 2424-2436

  Zhou, Ming ^a   Pesika, Noshir ^b   Zeng, Hongbo ^c   Wan, Jin ^a   Zhang, Xiangjun ^a   Meng, Yonggang ^a   Wen, Shizhu ^a   Tian, Yu ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adhesion and peeling design map; Easy removal; Gecko inspired surface; Peel zone

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; DEFORMATION; DESIGN; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

ADHESION FORCES; ADHESIVE TAPES; BACKING LAYERS; BIO-INSPIRED; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; NOVEL ADHESIVES; PEEL STRENGTH; PEEL ZONE; RIGID SUBSTRATES; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; LIZARD; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN;

GEKKONIDAE;

EID: 84866232896     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0200     Document Type: Article

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