Elasto-capillarity in insect fibrillar adhesion

Capillary Gripping and Self-Alignment: A Route Toward Autonomous Heterogeneous Assembly

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Dynamic criteria of plankton jumping out of water

(2015) Seong Jin Kim et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Rate-dependence of ‘wet’ biological adhesives and the function of the pad secretion in insects

(2015) David Labonte et al.   Soft Matter

Grasping devices and methods in automated production processes

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Insect adhesion on rough surfaces: analysis of adhesive contact of smooth and hairy pads on transparent microstructured substrates

(2014) Y. Zhou et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Scaling and biomechanics of surface attachment in climbing animals

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Physical principles of fluid-mediated insect attachment - Shouldn’t insects slip?

(2014) Jan-Henning Dirks   Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology

Scaling Normal Adhesion Force Capacity with a Generalized Parameter

(2013) Michael D. Bartlett et al.   LANGMUIR

Evidence for a material gradient in the adhesive tarsal setae of the ladybird beetle Coccinella septempunctata

(2013) Henrik Peisker et al.   Nature Communications

Evaporation dynamics of tarsal liquid footprints in flies (Calliphora vicina)and beetles (Coccinella septempunctata)

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Friction and Adhesion of Gecko-Inspired PDMS Flaps on Rough Surfaces

(2012) Jing Yu et al.   LANGMUIR

Contact behaviour of setal tips in the hairy attachment system of the fly Calliphora vicina (Diptera, Calliphoridae): a cryo-SEM approach

(2012) Stanislav N. Gorb et al.   ZOOLOGY

Mechanisms of fluid production in smooth adhesive pads of insects

(2011) J.-H. Dirks et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Capillary-based static self-assembly in higher organisms

(2011) J. Voise et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Beetle adhesive hairs differ in stiffness and stickiness: in vivo adhesion measurements on individual setae

(2011) James M. R. Bullock et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Interfacial propulsion by directional adhesion

(2010) Manu Prakash et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NON-LINEAR MECHANICS

Extensive collection of femtolitre pad secretion droplets in the beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata allows nanolitre microrheology

(2010) B. Abou et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Comparison of tarsal and cuticular chemistry in the leaf beetle Gastrophysa viridula (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and an evaluation of solid-phase microextraction and solvent extraction techniques

(2009) Stefanie Frauke Geiselhardt et al.   CHEMOECOLOGY

Division of labour and sex differences between fibrillar, tarsal adhesive pads in beetles: effective elastic modulus and attachment performance

(2009) J. M. R. Bullock et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Equilibrium of an elastically confined liquid drop

(2008) Hyuk-Min Kwon et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Comparison of smooth and hairy attachment pads in insects: friction, adhesion and mechanisms for direction-dependence

(2008) J. M. R. Bullock et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Terminal contact elements of insect attachment devices studied by transmission X-ray microscopy

(2008) T. Eimuller et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Sexual dimorphism in the attachment ability of the Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) to rough substrates

(2008) D. Voigt et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Frictional and elastic energy in gecko adhesive detachment

(2007) N. Gravish et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface