Gecko-Inspired Adhesive (IMAGE)

U.S. National Science Foundation

Gecko-Inspired Adhesive

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Researchers have created a gecko-inspired adhesive with 10 times the stickiness of a gecko's foot, by combining vertically aligned nanotubes with curly spaghetti-like nanotubes.

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Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation after Liangti Qu et al., Science 10/10/2008

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