In the course of evolution nature has arrived at startling materials solutions to ensure
survival. Investigations into biological surfaces, ranging from plants, insects and geckos to …

Reversible adhesion is the key functionality to grip, place, and release objects
nondestructively. Inspired by nature, micropatterned dry adhesives are promising …

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 …

Since the discovery of the mechanism of adhesion in geckos, many synthetic dry adhesives
have been developed with desirable gecko-like properties such as reusability, directionality …

Fibrillar adhesion pads of insects and geckoes have inspired the design of high‐
performance adhesives enabling a new generation of handling devices. Despite much …

Hair-like attachment structures are frequently used by animals to create stable contact with
rough surfaces. Previous studies focused primarily on axisymmetric biomimetic models of …

Nature has successfully evolved the mushroom-shaped contact geometry in many
organisms in order to solve the attachment problem. We studied the detachment process of …

The potential of a new design of adhesive microstructures in the micrometer range for
enhanced dry adhesion is investigated. Using a two‐photon lithography system, complex 3D …

Contact electrification (CE) is a universal phenomenon that occurs at the contact interface
where tribo-charges transfer from one surface to another. These CE-driven charges …

Robust and inexpensive dry adhesives would have a multitude of potential applications, but
replicating the impressive adhesive organs of many small animals has proved challenging …