The peeling apart of layered materials is common in nature and has been used by humans
in myriad applications since prehistoric times. Over the past century, a wide range of peel …

Reentrant feature widely exists in natural structures ranging from mushroom, overhang,
undercut, trapezoid, sphere, spatula and taper to sharp edge, and has triggered a …

Adhesives are typically either strong and permanent or reversible with limited strength.
However, current strategies to create strong yet reversible adhesives needed for wearable …

Through billions of years of evolution and natural selection, biological systems have
developed strategies to achieve advantageous unification between structure and bulk …

The synergistic integration of nanomaterials with 3D printing technologies can enable the
creation of architecture and devices with an unprecedented level of functional integration. In …

Reversible adhesion is the key functionality to grip, place, and release objects
nondestructively. Inspired by nature, micropatterned dry adhesives are promising …

This review article provides a brief summary of recent research progress on anisotropic
wetting on one‐dimensional (1D) and directionally patterned surfaces, as well as the …

Multiscale, hierarchically patterned surfaces, such as lotus leaves, butterfly wings, adhesion
pads of gecko lizards are abundantly found in nature, where microstructures are usually …

Joining two materials with an adhesive is an extremely common activity, but is most often
irreversible. However, emerging and current applications ranging from consumer and …

Gecko‐inspired angled elastomer micropillars with flat or round tip endings are presented as
compliant pick‐and‐place micromanipulators. The pillars are 35 μm in diameter, 90 μm tall …