Fabrication and characterization of thermoplastic elastomer dry adhesives with high strength and low contamination

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 6806-6815

  Khaled, Walid Bin ^a   Sameoto, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

anisotropic; dry adhesive; gecko; oligomer; thermoplastic elastomer; van der Waals

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; ANISOTROPY; BOND (MASONRY); BOND STRENGTH (MATERIALS); CHARACTERIZATION; ELASTOMERS; MANUFACTURE; MEMS; OLIGOMERS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PLASTICS; POLYURETHANES; SILICONES; STYRENE; THERMOSETS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANISOTROPIC; DRY ADHESIVE; FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; GECKO; MICRO ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEM; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; POLYURETHANE ELASTOMERS; VAN DER WAALS;

THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS;

EID: 84900850283     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am500616a     Document Type: Conference Paper

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