The role of surface chemistry in adhesion and wetting of gecko toe pads

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Badge, Ila ^a   Stark, Alyssa Y ^b   Paoloni, Eva L ^b   Niewiarowski, Peter H ^b   Dhinojwala, Ali ^a  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; WATER;

ADHESION; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; LIZARD; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; WETTABILITY;

ADHESIVENESS; ADHESIVES; ANIMALS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LIZARDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84926394381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06643     Document Type: Article

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