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SUBMITTER: Xu Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4673831 | biostudies-other | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Xu Quan Q Wan Yiyang Y Hu Travis Shihao TS Liu Tony X TX Tao Dashuai D Niewiarowski Peter H PH Tian Yu Y Liu Yue Y Dai Liming L Yang Yanqing Y Xia Zhenhai Z
Nature communications 20151120
Geckos have the extraordinary ability to prevent their sticky feet from fouling while running on dusty walls and ceilings. Understanding gecko adhesion and self-cleaning mechanisms is essential for elucidating animal behaviours and rationally designing gecko-inspired devices. Here we report a unique self-cleaning mechanism possessed by the nano-pads of gecko spatulae. The difference between the velocity-dependent particle-wall adhesion and the velocity-independent spatula-particle dynamic respon ...[more]