Surface wettability plays a significant role in gecko adhesion underwater

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 6340-6345

  Stark, Alyssa Y ^a   Badge, Ila ^b   Wucinich, Nicholas A ^a   Sullivan, Timothy W ^a   Niewiarowski, Peter H ^a   Dhinojwala, Ali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; RAIN; WATER;

ADHESION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; GECKO; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS; WETTABILITY;

ADHESIVENESS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EXTREMITIES; LIZARDS; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; SHEAR STRENGTH; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS; WETTABILITY;

ANIMALIA; GEKKONIDAE;

EID: 84876236969     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1219317110     Document Type: Article

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