Preventing Catastrophic Failure of Microfibrillar Adhesives in Compliant Systems Based on Statistical Analysis of Adhesive Strength

Functional surface microstructures inspired by nature – From adhesion and wetting principles to sustainable new devices

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Contact Aging Enhances Adhesion of Micropatterned Silicone Adhesives to Glass Substrates

(2020) Jonathan Thiemecke et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A Design Strategy for Mushroom-Shaped Microfibrils With Optimized Dry Adhesion: Experiments and Finite Element Analyses

(2020) Xuan Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Effect of Subsurface Microstructures on Adhesion of Highly Confined Elastic Films

(2020) Manar Samri et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

In Situ Observation Reveals Local Detachment Mechanisms and Suction Effects in Micropatterned Adhesives

(2019) Verena Tinnemann et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Statistical properties of defect-dependent detachment strength in bioinspired dry adhesives

(2019) Jamie A. Booth et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Engineering Micropatterned Dry Adhesives: From Contact Theory to Handling Applications

(2018) René Hensel et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Benefit of Backing-Layer Compliance in Fibrillar Adhesive Patches-Resistance to Peel Propagation in the Presence of Interfacial Misalignment

(2018) Jamie A. Booth et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Switchable double-sided micropatterned adhesives for selective fixation and detachment

(2018) Verena Tinnemann et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Elevated temperature adhesion of bioinspired polymeric micropatterns to glass

(2017) Viktoriia Barreau et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Controllable load sharing for soft adhesive interfaces on three-dimensional surfaces

(2017) Sukho Song et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Revisiting the generalized scaling law for adhesion: role of compliance and extension to progressive failure

(2017) Ahmad R. Mojdehi et al.   Soft Matter

Fibrillar Elastomeric Micropatterns Create Tunable Adhesion Even to Rough Surfaces

(2016) Viktoriia Barreau et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Load sharing in bioinspired fibrillar adhesives with backing layer interactions and interfacial misalignment

(2016) Mattia Bacca et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Switchable Adhesion in Vacuum Using Bio-Inspired Dry Adhesives

(2015) Julia Purtov et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Direct observation of microcavitation in underwater adhesion of mushroom-shaped adhesive microstructure

(2014) Lars Heepe et al.   Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology

Investigation of low-pressure adhesion performance of mushroom shaped biomimetic dry adhesives

(2012) Dan Sameoto et al.   JOURNAL OF ADHESION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Functional Adhesive Surfaces with “Gecko” Effect: The Concept of Contact Splitting

(2010) Marleen Kamperman et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS