The synergy between the insect-inspired claws and adhesive pads increases the attachment ability on various rough surfaces

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Song, Yi ^a   Dai, Zhendong ^a   Wang, Zhouyi ^a   Ji, Aihong ^a   Gorb, Stanislav N ^a,b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; INSECT; LIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADHESIVENESS; ANIMALS; EXTREMITIES; INSECTA; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84970016860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep26219     Document Type: Article

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