Reduction of water surface tension significantly impacts gecko adhesion underwater

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1026-1033

  Stark, Alyssa Y ^a   McClung, Brandon ^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

GEKKONIDAE;

ADHESION; AIR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION;

ADHESIVENESS; AIR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BIOMIMETICS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LIZARDS; LOCOMOTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 84919882996     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icu066     Document Type: Conference Paper

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