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journal article·2015-03

Adhesion: Gecko‐Inspired but Chemically Switched Friction and Adhesion on Nanofibrillar Surfaces (Small 9‐10/2015)

Shuanhong Ma, Daoai Wang, Yongmin Liang, Baoquan Sun, Stanislav N. Gorb, Feng Zhou

Small· Volume 11· Issue 9-10
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Abstract

The gecko's foot generates an adhesive force with numerous keratinous setae which form a large real contact area with the substrate. While geckos can switch the adhesion freely, the detachment of gecko-inspired synthetic adhesives is often difficult, and relies on external mechanical control. On page 1131, D. Wang, S. N. Gorb, F. Zhou, and co-workers develop chemically responsive nanofibrillar surfaces: silicon nanowires grafted with polymers, in which attachment and detachment are chemically triggered in response to pH, humidity, or electrolyte solution.
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Research context

Energy storagePolymersNanomaterials

OpenAlex topics: Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions · Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications · Polymer Surface Interaction Studies

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Affiliations

State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Lanzhou 730000 China

University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China

Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application Soochow University Suzhou Industrial Park Suzhou 215123 China

Department Functional Morphology and Biomechanics Zoological Institute of the University of Kiel Am Botanischen Garten 1–9 D‐24098 Kiel Germany

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