title: Looking beyond fibrillar features to scale gecko-like adhesion.
abstract: Hand-sized gecko-inspired adhesives with reversible force capacities as high as 2950 N (29.5 N cm(-2) ) are designed without the use of fibrillar features through a simple scaling theory. The scaling theory describes both natural and synthetic gecko-inspired adhesives, over 14 orders of magnitude in adhesive force capacity, from nanoscopic to macroscopic length scales.
authors.affiliation: Polymer Science and Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Bartlett
authors.forename: Andrew B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Croll
authors.forename: Daniel R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Beth M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Paret
authors.forename: Duncan J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Irschick
authors.forename: Alfred J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Crosby
mesh_terms: D000269:Adhesives / Q000737:chemistry*; D000818:Animals; D032701:Biomimetics / Q000379:methods*; D012104:Reptiles
chemical_list: D000269:Adhesives