Towards gecko-feet-inspired bandages.
A novel bandage inspired by gecko feet might one day be used during emergencies and internal surgeries. The bandage uses a combination of nanofabricated structures, biodegradable materials and adhesive surface chemistry that allows adhesion onto even wet, moving tissue.
Yanik
Mehmet Fatih
MF
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. yanik@mit.edu
D000268:Adhesiveness; D000818:Animals; D001458:Bandages; D040761:Biomimetic Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D005528:Foot; D008116:Lizards; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D014014:Tissue Adhesives / Q000737:chemistry*
D014014:Tissue Adhesives