Engineering Hydrogels for Super-Human Powers (IMAGE)

NYU Tandon School of Engineering

Engineering Hydrogels for Super-Human Powers

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In the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering, Associate Professor Jin Kim Montclare is engineering hydrogels that mimic nature. Examples of patterned biological surfaces include the famously sticky gecko. Top: cilia lining; bottom: gecko foot.

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NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering

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