Studying Stickiness: Methods, Trade-Offs, and Perspectives in Measuring Reversible Biological Adhesion and Friction

Controlled, reversible attachment is widely spread throughout the animal kingdom: from ticks to tree frogs, whose weights span from 2 mg to 200 g, and from geckos to mosquitoes, who stick under vastly different situations, such as quickly climbing trees and stealthily landing on human hosts. A fasci...

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Main Authors: Luc M. van den Boogaart, Julian K. A. Langowski, Guillermo J. Amador
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-09-01
Series:Biomimetics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/7/3/134