Synthetic gecko foot-hairs from multiwalled carbon nanotubes

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作者
Yurdumakan, B
Raravikar, NR
Ajayan, PM
Dhinojwala, A [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Akron, Dept Polymer Sci, Akron, OH 44325 USA
[2] Rensselaer Polytech Inst, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Troy, NY 12180 USA
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10.1039/b506047h
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
We report a fabrication process for constructing polymer surfaces with multiwalled carbon nanotube hairs, with strong nanometer-level adhesion forces that are 200 times higher than those observed for gecko foot-hairs.
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页码:3799 / 3801
页数:3
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