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Biomimetics: Looking Beyond Fibrillar Features to Scale Gecko-Like Adhesion (Adv. Mater. 8/2012)

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

Article first published online: 14 FEB 2012

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201290037

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 24, Issue 8, page 994, 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), Biomimetics: Looking Beyond Fibrillar Features to Scale Gecko-Like Adhesion (Adv. Mater. 8/2012). Adv. Mater., 24: 994. doi: 10.1002/adma.201290037

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

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  1. Issue published online: 14 FEB 2012
  2. Article first published online: 14 FEB 2012

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Keywords:

  • adhesion;
  • bioinspired;
  • gecko;
  • climbing;
  • scaling
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Gecko-inspired reversible adhesive materials with unprecedented force capacities are described by D. Irschick, A. Crosby, and co-workers on page 1078. A simple scaling parameter, which describes both natural and synthetic reversible adhesive systems, leads to the development of unpatterned synthetic adhesive materials. Adhesive force capacities as high as 2950 N are achieved, not with fibrillar features, but through an integrated design with inextensible, draping fabrics, inspired by the skin-tendon morphologies found in the tokay gecko. The image presents an arm of a tokay gecko in front of a draping fabric.

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