Investigation of low-pressure adhesion performance of mushroom shaped biomimetic dry adhesives

Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 2641-2652

  Sameoto, Dan ^a   Sharif, Helia ^b   Menon, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

biomimetic; dry adhesives; low pressure; PDMS; polymer microfibers; space applications

Indexed keywords

ADHESION PERFORMANCE; AMBIENT PRESSURES; DRY ADHESIVE; LOW-PRESSURE; MICRO-SCALES; MICROFIBERS; PDMS; PILLAR DIAMETERS; POLYMER FIBER; PRESSURE DEPENDENT; PRESSURE SENSITIVITIES; SHAPED FIBERS; SUCTION CUP;

ADHESION; BIOMIMETICS; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS;

EID: 84867365702     PISSN: 01694243     EISSN: 15685616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01694243.2012.701463     Document Type: Article

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