Influence of tribology on global energy consumption, costs and emissions

K Holmberg, A Erdemir - Friction, 2017‏ - Springer
Calculations of the impact of friction and wear on energy consumption, economic
expenditure, and CO 2 emissions are presented on a global scale. This impact study covers …

Micro-and nanoscale tensile testing of materials

DS Gianola, C Eberl - Jom, 2009‏ - Springer
This article reviews concepts and techniques for performing instrumented tensile testing of
materials at small dimensions. State-of-the-art methods to probe tensile behavior of micro …

A gecko skin micro/nano structure–A low adhesion, superhydrophobic, anti-wetting, self-cleaning, biocompatible, antibacterial surface

GS Watson, DW Green, L Schwarzkopf, X Li, BW Cribb… - Acta biomaterialia, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Geckos, and specifically their feet, have attracted significant attention in recent times with the
focus centred around their remarkable adhesional properties. Little attention however has …

Origin of the superior adhesive performance of mushroom-shaped microstructured surfaces

G Carbone, E Pierro, SN Gorb - Soft Matter, 2011‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The superlative adhesive properties of some biological attachment systems, such as those
of geckos, spiders, and insects, have inspired researchers from different fields (eg biology …

Bioinspired microstructured adhesives with facile and fast switchability for part manipulation in dry and wet conditions

C Pang, JK Kim, Y Wu, MY Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The rapid growth in the miniaturized mechanical and electronic devices industry has created
the need for temporary attachment systems that can carry out pick‐and‐place and transfer …

Biomimetic microstructured hydrogels with thermal-triggered switchable underwater adhesion and stable antiswelling property

B Zhang, L Jia, J Jiang, S Wu, T **ang… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
The design of hydrogels with switchable adhesion and stable antiswelling property in a wet
environment has remained a challenge. Here, we report a biomimetic hydrogel that can …

Recent advances in gecko adhesion and friction mechanisms and development of gecko-inspired dry adhesive surfaces

M Zhou, N Pesika, H Zeng, Y Tian, J Israelachvili - Friction, 2013‏ - Springer
The remarkable ability of geckos to climb and run rapidly on walls and ceilings has recently
received considerable interest from many researchers. Significant progress has been made …

[PDF][PDF] Creating gecko‐like adhesives for “real world” surfaces

DR King, MD Bartlett, CA Gilman, DJ Irschick… - Advanced …, 2014‏ - academia.edu
DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201306259 world” surfaces which have large scale roughness. To
generate high forces on millimeter and centimeter length scales, geckos posess a unique …

Surface wettability plays a significant role in gecko adhesion underwater

AY Stark, I Badge, NA Wucinich, TW Sullivan… - Proceedings of the …, 2013‏ - pnas.org
Although we now have thousands of studies focused on the nano-, micro-, and whole-
animal mechanics of gecko adhesion on clean, dry substrates, we know relatively little about …

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

D Voigt, JM Schuppert, S Dattinger, SN Gorb - Journal of Insect Physiology, 2008‏ - Elsevier
Many representatives of the beetle family Chrysomelidae exhibit a distinctive sexual
dimorphism in the structure of adhesive tarsal setae. The present study demonstrates the …