Adhesion with spheres (IMAGE)

Harvard University

Adhesion with spheres

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Illustration of the adhesive and particle trapping potential of the helically assembling bristle. Shown: Low-magnification SEM showing the capture of the 2.5-mm polystyrene spheres. Scale bar, 10 mm.

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Courtesy of Aizenberg lab at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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