Re‐entrant microstructures for robust liquid repellent surfaces

HH Vu, NT Nguyen… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Superhydrophobic surfaces have many interesting applications because of their self‐
cleaning, waterproof, anti‐biofouling, anti‐corrosion, and low‐adhesion properties …

[PDF][PDF] Looking beyond fibrillar features to scale gecko‐like adhesion

MD Bartlett, AB Croll, DR King, BM Paret… - Advanced …, 2012 - academia.edu
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scales. The adhesives are fabricated by filling smooth glass molds with uncured elastomer …

A review of the state of dry adhesives: biomimetic structures and the alternative designs they inspire

J Eisenhaure, S Kim - Micromachines, 2017 - mdpi.com
Robust and inexpensive dry adhesives would have a multitude of potential applications, but
replicating the impressive adhesive organs of many small animals has proved challenging …

Design and fabrication of gecko-inspired adhesives

K Jin, Y Tian, JS Erickson, J Puthoff, K Autumn… - Langmuir, 2012 - ACS Publications
Recently, there has been significant interest in developing dry adhesives mimicking the
gecko adhesive system, which offers several advantages compared to conventional …

Bio-inspired slanted polymer nanohairs for anisotropic wetting and directional dry adhesion

MK Kwak, HE Jeong, T Kim, H Yoon, KY Suh - Soft Matter, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Slanted polymer nanohairs possess a number of attractive properties in terms of anisotropic
wetting and directional adhesion. This highlight provides an overview of the recent progress …

Remora-inspired reversible adhesive for underwater applications

SH Lee, HW Song, BS Kang… - ACS applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The remoras are marine species that can effectively move by clinging onto other marine
species via a suction disk on their dorsal side, which is composed of complex structures. The …

Designing bio‐inspired adhesives for shear loading: from simple structures to complex patterns

MD Bartlett, AB Croll, AJ Crosby - Advanced Functional …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The gecko has inspired numerous synthetic adhesive structures, yet under shear loading
conditions, general design criteria remains underdeveloped. To provide guidance for bio …

Biomimetic polymer adhesives

P Dwivedi, K Singh, K Chaudhary… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nature is filled with various living organisms, ranging from micron scale fungi to large scale
vertebrates, which possess unique adhesion characteristics, including self-cleaning …

Funnel‐shaped microstructures for strong reversible adhesion

SCL Fischer, K Groß, O Torrents Abad… - Advanced Materials …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The potential of a new design of adhesive microstructures in the micrometer range for
enhanced dry adhesion is investigated. Using a two‐photon lithography system, complex 3D …

Continuous and scalable fabrication of bioinspired dry adhesives via a roll-to-roll process with modulated ultraviolet-curable resin

H Yi, I Hwang, JH Lee, D Lee, H Lim… - … applied materials & …, 2014 - ACS Publications
A simple yet scalable strategy for fabricating dry adhesives with mushroom-shaped
micropillars is achieved by a combination of the roll-to-roll process and modulated UV …