The effect of substrate wettability and modulus on gecko and gecko-inspired synthetic adhesion in variable temperature and humidity
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-76484-6
Abstract: Gecko adhesive performance increases as relative humidity increases. Two primary mechanisms can explain this result: capillary adhesion and increased contact area via material softening. Both hypotheses consider variable relative humidity, but neither fully explains the… read more here.
Keywords: material softening; capillary adhesion; gecko; adhesion ... See more keywords