journal article·2012-09-04Open access

Bioinspired Actuated Adhesive Patterns of Liquid Crystalline Elastomers

Jiaxi Cui, Dirk‐Michael Drotlef, Iñigo Larraza, Juan P. Fernández‐Blázquez, Luciano F. Boesel, Christian Ohm, Markus Mezger, Rudolf Zentel, Aránzazu del Campo

Advanced Materials· Volume 24· Issue 34

Abstract

Gecko-inspired arrays of micropillars made of a liquid crystalline elastomer display thermoswitchable adhesive behavior as a consequence of elongation changes caused by reorientation of the mesogens at the nematic-isotropic (N-I) phase transition.
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OpenAlex topics: Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions · Advanced Materials and Mechanics · Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity

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