Nonangled anisotropic elastomeric dry adhesives with tailorable normal adhesion strength and high directionality

Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 354-366

  Sameoto, Dan ^a   Sharif, Helia ^b   Téllez, Juan Pablo Díaz ^b   Ferguson, Brendan ^a   Menon, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anisotropic; Biomimetic; Dry adhesives; Peel strength; Test methodologies

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC; DRY ADHESIVE; EXPERIMENTAL TRIALS; NORMAL DIRECTION; OTHER PROPERTIES; PEEL STRENGTH; SPECIFIC ORIENTATION; TEST METHODOLOGY;

ADHESIVES; ANISOTROPY; BIOMIMETIC PROCESSES; BIOMIMETICS; BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); LITHOGRAPHY;

ADHESION;

EID: 84889641162     PISSN: 01694243     EISSN: 15685616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01694243.2012.693809     Document Type: Article

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