Bridging nanocontacts to macroscale gecko adhesion by sliding soft lamellar skin supported setal array

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Tian, Yu ^a   Wan, Jin ^a   Pesika, Noshir ^b   Zhou, Ming ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; NANOMATERIAL;

ADHESION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN;

ADHESIVENESS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; LIZARDS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SKIN;

EID: 84875138373     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01382     Document Type: Article

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