Nanomolding based fabrication of synthetic gecko foot-hairs

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 137-140

  Sitti, M ^a   Fearing, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Biomembranes; Etching; Fabrication; Nanostructures; Polyimides; Polymers; Probes; Prototypes; Rubber

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ETCHING; FABRICATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYIMIDES; PROBES; RUBBER; SILICONES;

BIOMEMBRANES; GECKO FEET; NANOMOLDING; PROTOTYPES; SILICONE RUBBER;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84948994944     PISSN: 19449399     EISSN: 19449380     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NANO.2002.1032153     Document Type: Conference Paper

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