Peel tests for quantifying adhesion and toughness: A review

MD Bartlett, SW Case, AJ Kinloch, DA Dillard - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The peeling apart of layered materials is common in nature and has been used by humans
in myriad applications since prehistoric times. Over the past century, a wide range of peel …

Modeling and simulation in tribology across scales: An overview

AI Vakis, VA Yastrebov, J Scheibert, L Nicola, D Dini… - Tribology …, 2018 - Elsevier
This review summarizes recent advances in the area of tribology based on the outcome of a
Lorentz Center workshop surveying various physical, chemical and mechanical phenomena …

Nature-inspired adhesive systems

M Li, A Mao, Q Guan, E Saiz - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Many organisms in nature thrive in intricate habitats through their unique bio-adhesive
surfaces, facilitating tasks such as capturing prey and reproduction. It's important to note that …

Remote control over underwater dynamic attachment/detachment and locomotion

Y Ma, S Ma, Y Wu, X Pei, SN Gorb, Z Wang… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Despite extensive efforts to mimic the fascinating adhesion capability of geckos, the
development of reversible adhesives underwater has long been lagging. The appearance of …

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 …

Rapidly tunable and highly reversible bio-inspired dry adhesion for transfer printing in air and a vacuum

C Linghu, C Wang, N Cen, J Wu, Z Lai, J Song - Soft Matter, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Tunable and reversible dry adhesion has attracted much attention in academia and industry
due to its wide applications ranging from releasable joints to stamps for transfer printing …

Bio-mimetic mechanisms of natural hierarchical materials: a review

Q Chen, NM Pugno - Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical …, 2013 - Elsevier
Natural selection and evolution develop a huge amount of biological materials in different
environments (eg lotus in water and opuntia in desert). These biological materials possess …

Biologically inspired mushroom-shaped adhesive microstructures

L Heepe, SN Gorb - Annual Review of Materials Research, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Adhesion is a fundamental phenomenon with great importance in technology, in our
everyday life, and in nature. In this article, we review physical interactions that resist the …

Extreme positive allometry of animal adhesive pads and the size limits of adhesion-based climbing

D Labonte, CJ Clemente, A Dittrich… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Organismal functions are size-dependent whenever body surfaces supply body volumes.
Larger organisms can develop strongly folded internal surfaces for enhanced diffusion, but …

Scaling and biomechanics of surface attachment in climbing animals

D Labonte, W Federle - … of the Royal Society B: Biological …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Attachment devices are essential adaptations for climbing animals and valuable models for
synthetic adhesives. A major unresolved question for both natural and bioinspired …