Synthetic gecko foot-hairs from multiwalled carbon nanotubes

被引：235
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
来源：
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS | 2005年 / 30期
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D O I：
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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