Biomimetic design of elastomer surface pattern for friction control under wet conditions

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Huang, Wei ^a,b   Wang, Xiaolei ^a,b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b JIANGSU KEY LABORATORY OF PRECISION AND MICRO MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC DESIGN; ELASTOMER SURFACE; FRICTION CONTROL; HIGH SLIDING SPEED; MICROPATTERNED SURFACE; PATTERNED SURFACE; POLYGONAL STRUCTURES; TRIBOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE;

BIOMIMETICS; FRICTION; TRIBOLOGY;

SURFACE STRUCTURE;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; ELASTOMER;

ADHESION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; FRICTION; HISTOLOGY; MATERIALS TESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SALAMANDRIDAE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; WETTABILITY;

ADHESIVENESS; ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ELASTOMERS; FRICTION; MATERIALS TESTING; SALAMANDRIDAE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84889048336     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/8/4/046001     Document Type: Article

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