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An Experimental Study on Adhesive or Anti-adhesive, Bio-inspired Experimental Nanomaterials (Hardcover)
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An Experimental Study on Adhesive or Anti-adhesive, Bio-inspired Experimental Nanomaterials (Hardcover)
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Adhesive abilities of insects, spiders and reptiles have inspired
researchers for a long time. All these organisms show outstanding
performance, particularly for force, adhesion and climbing
abilities, relative to their size and weight. Scientists have
focused on the gecko's adhesive paw system and climbing abilities.
Its adhesion mechanism has been an important topic of research for
nearly 150 years. However, certain phenomena of geckos are still
not fully understood and represent today the main challenge in
several scientific discussions that aim to better understand their
adhesive ability. The manuscript deals with the influence of
surface roughness on the gecko's adhesion on the inverted surface
of Poly(methyl meth-acrylate) (PMMA) and glass, of PMMA with
different surface roughness, on the gecko's maximum normal adhesive
force. In general, the adhesive structure and mechanism of an
animal could be connected to the micro-structured roughness of
natural substrata (e.g. plant surfaces) in the natural environment.
This manuscript focuses on the nanometer scale, which is involved
in everything from gecko spatulae to the waxy nanotubules of the
lotus leaf, to the fibroin protein materials that constitute spider
silks. In general, spider silks display superior mechanical
properties, but only in the last few decades, researchers
investigated various types of silks and evaluated their very
different mechanical properties. The dragline and the flag silks
(or radial and circumferential) of orb weaving spiders have been
characterized in scientific literature while, to our knowledge, few
studies have been conducted on bundles, which connect the cocoons
of Meta menardi to the ceiling of caves.
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