Bioinspired fibrillar adhesives: a review of analytical models and experimental evidence for adhesion enhancement by surface patterns

• Main Authors: O’Rorke, Richard D., Steele, Terry W. J., Taylor, H. K.
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Adhesive; Bioadhesive
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/86636; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44144
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Fibrillar structures are found on the attachment pads of insects and small reptiles. These structures enable exquisite conformation to rough surfaces, increase the number of van der Waals interactions between the structure and the target surface, and thus enhance adhesion. Biomimetic adhesives repli...