Through 3.7 billion years of evolution and natural selection, plants and animals in nature
have ingeniously fulfilled a broad range of fascinating functions to achieve optimized …

A plethora of living organisms are equipped with smart functionalities that are usually rooted
in their surface micro/nanostructures or underlying muscle tissues. Inspired by nature …

The rapid development of wearable devices is in urgent demand for materials with
switchable adhesion both in air and aqueous environments. Herein, we report a …

The present work aims at the preparation of dry adhesives with switchable bonding
properties by using the reversible nature of the [4πs+ 4πs] cycloaddition of anthracenes …

We report on the epitaxial growth of photoresponsive alkyl-substituted azobenzene fibres on
top of uniaxially oriented polyethylene (PE) films. In these fibres, the alkyl chains are …

By using molecular self-assembly and polymer brush chemistry, adhesion of water droplets
at solid/oil interfaces could be achieved and modulated by external triggers. Silicon wafers …

Despite fascinating natural examples of switchable adhesives to wet surfaces, strategies for
an artificially switching capillary adhesion system in situ remains a challenge. Here, we …