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Fall 2014
Directionality or anisotropy is one of the benchmark properties of gecko adhesion, allowing geckos to adhere strongly to a surface and detach easily with little effort. Geckos achieve anisotropy by means of intricate micro-nano hierarchical structures on its feet, which is very difficult to mimic...
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Spring 2014
This work provides a guideline for gecko inspired dry adhesive design and simulation. Mechanical property testing for several polymers commonly used in gecko adhesives (Kraton G1657 thermoplastic elastomer, ST-1060, and ST-1087 polyurethane elastomers) allowed hyperelastic and viscoelastic...
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Spring 2013
An alternative method of manipulating fragile MEMS devices during fabrication has been developed. A specialized manual or robotic end effector utilizing a gecko inspired adhesive can replace the slow and costly manual tweezers used by the MEMS foundry Micralyne Inc. Improving the adhesive...