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dc.contributor.authorTricinci, Oen_US
dc.contributor.authorEason, EVen_US
dc.contributor.authorFilippeschi, Cen_US
dc.contributor.authorMondini, Aen_US
dc.contributor.authorMazzolai, Ben_US
dc.contributor.authorPugno, NMen_US
dc.contributor.authorCutkosky, MRen_US
dc.contributor.authorGreco, Fen_US
dc.contributor.authorMattol, Ven_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-06T11:07:51Z
dc.date.issued2017-01-01en_US
dc.date.submitted2017-11-30T16:33:37.335Z
dc.identifier.isbn9783319635361en_US
dc.identifier.issn0302-9743en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/29109
dc.description.abstract© Springer International Publishing AG 2017. Biomimetics has introduced a new paradigm: by constructing structures with engineered materials and geometries, innovative devices may be fabricated. According to this paradigm, both shape and material properties are equally important to determine functional performance. This idea has been applied also in the field of the microfabrication of smart surfaces, exploiting properties already worked out by nature, like in the case of self-cleaning, drag reduction, structural coloration, and dry adhesion. Regarding dry adhesive properties, geckos represent a good example from which we take inspiration, since they have the extraordinary ability to climb almost every type of surface, even smooth ones, thanks to the hierarchical conformation of the fibrillary setae in their toe pads. Due to this design, they can increase the area of contact with a surface and thus the amount of attractive van der Waals forces. While reproducing with artificial materials the same functional morphology of gecko’s pads is typically not achievable with traditional microfabrication techniques, recently Direct Laser Litography offered new opportunities to fabrication of complex three-dimensional structures in the microscale with nanometric resolution. Using direct laser lithography, we have fabricated artificial gecko setae, reproducing with unprecedented faithfulness the natural morphology in the same dimensional scale. Adhesion force of artificial setae toward different surfaces have been tested in dry condition by means of a dedicated setup and compared with natural ones.en_US
dc.format.extent631 - 636en_US
dc.titleDry adhesion of artificial gecko setae fabricated via direct laser lithographyen_US
dc.typeConference Proceeding
dc.rights.holder© Springer International Publishing AG 2017
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-319-63537-8_60en_US
pubs.notesNot knownen_US
pubs.publication-statusPublisheden_US
pubs.volume10384 LNAIen_US


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