Bioinspired actuated adhesive patterns of liquid crystalline elastomers.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Gecko-inspired arrays of micropillars made of a liquid crystalline elastomer display thermoswitchable adhesive behavior as a consequence of elongation changes caused by reorientation of the mesogens at the nematic-isotropic (N-I) phase transition.
Medical subject headings
- Adhesives
- Biomimetics
- Elastomers
- Liquid Crystals