Journal
JOURNAL OF ELECTROSTATICS
Volume 91, Issue -, Pages 48-55Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.elstat.2017.12.005
Keywords
Adhesion; Electrostatic; Manipulation; Bio-inspired; Fibrillar
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- NASA Office of the Chief Technologist's Space Technology [NNX11AN31H]
- NASA SBIR Grant [NNX15CP47P]
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This paper characterizes a new electrode design coupled with new fabrication methods to improve the performance of electrostatic/microstructured adhesives. The design is similar to a parallel plate capacitor in which one plate has holes or gaps. The gaps allow the electric field to leak through, which can, under certain circumstances, create a stronger electric field than a conventional design. The design was optimized using PEA, and experimental results show that combining the new design with an improved fabrication method that increases the flexibility of the adhesive results in a 6 x increase in the shear stress to disengage the adhesive from the substrate.
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