The exciting properties of micro-and nano-patterned surfaces found in natural species hide
a virtually endless potential of technological ideas, opening new opportunities for innovation …

This study provides a review of recent progress on designs, properties, and mechanisms of
surface texturing and solid lubricants. Firstly, the design and processing of surface texture …

In nature, many organisms are able to accommodate a complex living environment by
developing biological wet adhesive surfaces with unique functions such as fixation and …

Nature has developed materials, objects and processes that function from the macroscale to
the nanoscale. These have gone through evolution over 3.8 Gyr. The emerging field of …

Superior wet attachment and friction performance without the need of special external or
preloaded normal force, similar to the tree frog's toe pad, is highly essential for biomedical …

In nature, millions of creatures, such as geckos, tree frogs, octopuses, etc., have evolved
fantastic switchable adhesion capabilities to climb swiftly on vertical even inverted surfaces …

In nature, many organisms can effectively fix to contact substrates and move and prey in
complex living environments, such as underwater, seawater, and tidal environments, owing …

Tree frogs have the remarkable ability to attach to smooth, rough, dry, and wet surfaces
using their versatile toe pads. Tree frog attachment involves the secretion of mucus into the …

Elastic, microstructured surfaces (hydrophobic and hydrophilic) mimicking the surface
structure of tree‐frog toe‐pads are fabricated. Their adhesion and friction behaviour in the …

Anatomic differences on the toe pad epithelial cells of torrent and tree frogs (elongated
versus regular geometry) are believed to account for superior ability of torrent frogs to attach …