Recent innovations in the area of micro-and nanofabrication have created a unique
opportunity for patterning surfaces with features with lateral dimensions spanning over the …

Precise and deep comprehension of plant responses to herbivorous arthropods requires
detailed knowledge of how a plant “notices” the attack. Herbivore attack is not restricted to …

Geckos have evolved one of the most versatile and effective adhesives known. The
mechanism of dry adhesion in the millions of setae on the toes of geckos has been the focus …

Animals with widely varying body weight, such as flies, spiders, and geckos, can adhere to
and move along vertical walls and even ceilings. This ability is caused by very efficient …

Directional arrays of branched microscopic setae constitute a dry adhesive on the toes of
pad-bearing geckos, nature's supreme climbers. Geckos are easily and rapidly able to …

The extraordinary adhesive capabilities of geckos have challenged explanation for
millennia, since Aristotle first recorded his observations. We have discovered many of the …

In 1974 when I published my book, Biological Mechanism of Attachment, not many pages
were required to report on the attachment devices of insect cuticles. As in most fields of …

The combination of patterning technologies [1, 2] and responsive polymer materials [3] has
allowed us to create microstructured surfaces with switchable adherence. The …

A new method for the fabrication of structured polymer surfaces possessing pillars with
controlled 3D tip geometries resembling those found in biological attachment devices is …

Fibrous surface structures can improve the adhesion of objects to other surfaces. Animals,
such as flies and geckos, take advantage of this principle by developing “hairy” contact …