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Synthetic gecko foot-hairs from multiwalled carbon nanotubes
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In this article, a fabrication process for constructing polymer surfaces with multiwalled carbon nanotube hairs, with strong nanometer-level adhesion forces that are 200 times higher than those observed for gecko foot-hairs, is described.About:
This article is published in Chemical Communications.The article was published on 2005-07-22. It has received 311 citations till now.read more
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A reversible wet/dry adhesive inspired by mussels and geckos
TL;DR: A hybrid biologically inspired adhesive consisting of an array of nanofabricated polymer pillars coated with a thin layer of a synthetic polymer that mimics the wet adhesive proteins found in mussel holdfasts is reported, useful for reversible attachment to a variety of surfaces in any environment.
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SU-8: a photoresist for high-aspect-ratio and 3D submicron lithography
A. del Campo,Christian Greiner +1 more
TL;DR: The SU-8 photoresist has become the favourite photoreist for high-aspect-ratio (HAR) and three-dimensional (3D) lithographic patterning due to its excellent coating, planarization and processing properties as well as its mechanical and chemical stability as mentioned in this paper.
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Smooth Vertical Surface Climbing With Directional Adhesion
TL;DR: The design and fabrication methods used to create underactuated, multimaterial structures that conform to surfaces over a range of length scales from centimeters to micrometers are described.
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Fracture and adhesion of soft materials: a review.
TL;DR: This review discusses the current state of the art on how soft materials break and detach from solid surfaces and defines the important length scales in the problem and in particular the elasto-adhesive length Γ/E, which controls the fracture mechanisms.
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Potential Applications of Carbon Nanotubes
TL;DR: In this article, the state-of-the-art applications of various kinds of carbon nanotubes are discussed, ranging from multi-wall to molecular single-wall nanotube.
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Strength and breaking mechanism of multiwalled carbon nanotubes under tensile load
TL;DR: The tensile strengths of individual multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were measured with a "nanostressing stage" located within a scanning electron microscope and a variety of structures were revealed, such as a nanotube ribbon, a wave pattern, and partial radial collapse.
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Adhesive force of a single gecko foot-hair
Kellar Autumn,Yiching A. Liang,S. Tonia Hsieh,Wolfgang Zesch,Wai Pang Chan,Thomas W. Kenny,Ronald S. Fearing,Robert J. Full +7 more
TL;DR: The first direct measurements of single setal force are reported by using a two-dimensional micro-electro-mechanical systems force sensor and a wire as a force gauge and revealed that a seta is ten times more effective at adhesion than predicted from maximal estimates on whole animals.
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Bending and buckling of carbon nanotubes under large strain
Michael R. Falvo,G. J. Clary,Russell M. Taylor,Vernon L. Chi,Frederick P. Brooks,Sean Washburn,Richard Superfine +6 more
TL;DR: It is shown that multiwalled carbon nanotubes can be bent repeatedly through large angles using the tip of an atomic force microscope, without undergoing catastrophic failure.
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Microfabricated adhesive mimicking gecko foot-hair.
Andre K. Geim,S. V. Dubonos,Irina V. Grigorieva,Kostya S. Novoselov,Andrey A. Zhukov,S. Yu. Shapoval +5 more
TL;DR: A prototype of such 'gecko tape' is reported on, made by microfabrication of dense arrays of flexible plastic pillars, the geometry of which is optimized to ensure their collective adhesion.
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Synthetic gecko foot-hair micro/nano-structures as dry adhesives
Metin Sitti,Ronald S. Fearing +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, two nanomolding fabrication techniques are proposed: the first method uses nanoprobe indented flat wax surface and the second one uses a nano-pore membrane as a template.