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Looking Beyond Fibrillar Features to Scale Gecko-Like Adhesion

  1. Michael D. Bartlett1,
  2. Andrew B. Croll1,†,
  3. Daniel R. King1,
  4. Beth M. Paret1,
  5. Duncan J. Irschick2,3,* and
  6. Alfred J. Crosby1,*

Article first published online: 26 JAN 2012

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201104191

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 24, Issue 8, pages 1078–1083, February 21, 2012


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Bartlett, M. D., Croll, A. B., King, D. R., Paret, B. M., Irschick, D. J. and Crosby, A. J. (2012), Looking Beyond Fibrillar Features to Scale Gecko-Like Adhesion. Adv. Mater., 24: 1078–1083. doi: 10.1002/adma.201104191

Author Information

  1. 1

    Polymer Science and Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 01003 MA, USA

  2. 2

    Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 01003 MA, USA

  3. 3

    Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst MA 01003, USA

  1. †

    Department of Physics, North Dakota State University, Fargo, 58108 ND, USA

*Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 01003 MA, USA

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 14 FEB 2012
  2. Article first published online: 26 JAN 2012
  3. Manuscript Revised: 6 DEC 2011
  4. Manuscript Received: 28 OCT 2011

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Keywords:

  • adhesion;
  • bioinspired;
  • gecko;
  • climbing;
  • scaling
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Hand-sized gecko-inspired adhesives with reversible force capacities as high as 2950 N (29.5 N cm-2) are designed without the use of fibrillar features through a simple scaling theory. The scaling theory describes both natural and synthetic gecko-inspired adhesives, over 14 orders of magnitude in adhesive force capacity, from nanoscopic to macroscopic length scales.

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