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The effect of substrate wettability and modulus on gecko and gecko-inspired synthetic adhesion in variable temperature and humidity

Gecko adhesive performance increases as relative humidity increases. Two primary mechanisms can explain this result: capillary adhesion and increased contact area via material softening. Both hypotheses consider variable relative humidity, but neither fully explains the interactive effects of temper...

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Autores principales: Mitchell, Christopher T., Dayan, Cem Balda, Drotlef, Dirk-M., Sitti, Metin, Stark, Alyssa Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7665207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33184356
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-76484-6