The attachment phenomena of various hierarchical architectures found in nature have
extensively drawn attention for develo** highly biocompatible adhesive on skin or wet …

In nature, millions of creatures, such as geckos, tree frogs, octopuses, etc., have evolved
fantastic switchable adhesion capabilities to climb swiftly on vertical even inverted surfaces …

Smart adhesives that can be applied and removed on demand play an important role in
modern life and manufacturing. However, current smart adhesives made of elastomers suffer …

Hydrogels are widely used as sensors in the field of wearable devices. However, the
hydrogels were rarely designed to endure the harsh outdoor environment in winter …

The adhesion strategies of the gecko's toe through surface adaptation of spatulas to
increase contact area and the snail's epiphragm via dehydration‐induced solidification to …

The amazing adhesion of gecko pads to almost any kind of surfaces has inspired a very
active research direction over the last decade: the investigation of how geckos achieve this …

The maturation of nanotechnology has revealed it to be a unique and distinct discipline
rather than a specialization within a larger field. Its textbook cannot afford to be a chemistry …

Adhesives are ubiquitous in daily life and industrial applications. They usually fall into one of
two classes: strong but irreversible (eg, superglues) or reversible/reusable but weak (eg …

We discuss how surface roughness influences the adhesion between elastic solids. We
introduce a Tabor number which depends on the length scale or magnification, and which …

In nature, many organisms can effectively fix to contact substrates and move and prey in
complex living environments, such as underwater, seawater, and tidal environments, owing …