Staying sticky: Contact self-cleaning of gecko-inspired adhesives

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 11, Issue 94, 2014, Pages

  Mengüç, Yiǧit ^a   Röhrig, Michael ^b   Abusomwan, Uyiosa ^a   Hölscher, Hendrik ^b   Sitti, Metin ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Contact; Gecko; Micro fibre; Self cleaning

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ADHESIVES; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); CONTAMINATION; DRAG;

APPROXIMATE MODEL; CHARACTERISTIC SIZE; DOMINANT MECHANISM; GECKO; MEDICAL ADHESIVES; MICRO-FIBRE; SELF-CLEANING; SYNTHETIC ADHESIVES;

CLEANING;

ADHESIVE AGENT; ELASTOMER; POLYURETHAN; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBER; FOOT; GECKO; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; STRENGTH; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CONTACT; MICRO-FIBRE; SELF-CLEANING;

ADHESION; CONTACT; GECKO; MICRO-FIBRE; SELF-CLEANING;

ADHESIVES; ANIMALS; LIZARDS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84896933323     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2013.1205     Document Type: Article

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