The use of clamping grips and friction pads by tree frogs for climbing curved surfaces

Light and electron microscopic analyses of the high deformability of adhesive toe pads in White's tree frog,Litoria caerulea

(2016) Masato Nakano et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

On Heels and Toes: How Ants Climb with Adhesive Pads and Tarsal Friction Hair Arrays

(2015) Thomas Endlein et al.   PLoS One

Geckos significantly alter foot orientation to facilitate adhesion during downhill locomotion

(2014) A. V. Birn-Jeffery et al.   Biology Letters

Morphological studies of the toe pads of the rock frog, Staurois parvus (family: Ranidae) and their relevance to the development of new biomimetically inspired reversible adhesives

(2014) D. M. Drotlef et al.   Interface Focus

Getting a grip on tetrapod grasping: form, function, and evolution

(2013) Diego Sustaita et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

The effect of substrate diameter and incline on locomotion in an arboreal frog

(2013) A. Herrel et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Comparative Cryo-SEM and AFM studies of hylid and rhacophorid tree frog toe pads

(2013) W. Jon. P. Barnes et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Sticking like sticky tape: tree frogs use friction forces to enhance attachment on overhanging surfaces

(2013) T. Endlein et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Sticking under Wet Conditions: The Remarkable Attachment Abilities of the Torrent Frog, Staurois guttatus

(2013) Thomas Endlein et al.   PLoS One

Functionally Different Pads on the Same Foot Allow Control of Attachment: Stick Insects Have Load-Sensitive “Heel” Pads for Friction and Shear-Sensitive “Toe” Pads for Adhesion

(2013) David Labonte et al.   PLoS One

Experimental evidence for friction-enhancing integumentary modifications of chameleons and associated functional and evolutionary implications

(2013) E. R. Khannoon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

In vivo dynamics of the internal fibrous structure in smooth adhesive pads of insects

(2012) Jan-Henning Dirks et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Slow but tenacious: an analysis of running and gripping performance in chameleons

(2012) A. Herrel et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Self-cleaning in tree frog toe pads; a mechanism for recovering from contamination without the need for grooming

(2012) N. Crawford et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Grip and detachment of locusts on inverted sandpaper substrates

(2011) Longbao Han et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Dynamics of gecko locomotion: a force-measuring array to measure 3D reaction forces

(2011) Z. Dai et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Hand and foot pressures in the aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) reveal novel biomechanical trade-offs required for walking on gracile digits

(2010) T. L. Kivell et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Friction ridges in cockroach climbing pads: anisotropy of shear stress measured on transparent, microstructured substrates

(2009) Christofer J. Clemente et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Gecko-Inspired Directional and Controllable Adhesion

(2009) Michael P. Murphy et al.   Small

Morphology and function of the forelimb in arboreal frogs: specializations for grasping ability?

(2008) Adriana S. Manzano et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

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

Pushing versus pulling: division of labour between tarsal attachment pads in cockroaches

(2008) C. J Clemente et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES