Structural and tribometric characterization of biomimetically inspired synthetic "insect adhesives"

Background: Based on previous chemical analyses of insect tarsal adhesives, we prepared 12 heterogeneous synthetic emulsions mimicking the polar/non-polar principle, analysed their microscopical structure and tested their adhesive, frictional, and rheological properties.Results: The prepared emulsio...

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Published in:	Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
Main Authors:	Matthias W. Speidel, Malte Kleemeier, Andreas Hartwig, Klaus Rischka, Angelika Ellermann, Rolf Daniels, Oliver Betz
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Beilstein-Institut 2017-01-01
Subjects:	adhesion bionics emulsion friction insects
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.8.6