Optimal angles for maximal adhesion in living tokay geckos

Journal of Adhesion

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 820-830

  Lepore, Emiliano ^a   Pugno, Francesco ^a   Pugno, Nicola M ^a,b,c  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geckos; Hierarchical levels; Living; Maximal adhesion; Optimal angles

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE SYSTEMS; CHARACTERISTIC SIZE; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; GECKOS; HIERARCHICAL LEVEL; LIVING; MULTIPLE PEELINGS; OPTIMAL ANGLE; SIZE SCALE;

ADHESION; ALUMINUM;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84867363064     PISSN: 00218464     EISSN: 15455823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00218464.2012.705639     Document Type: Article

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