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Manufacturing Approaches and Applications for Bioinspired Dry Adhesives

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Bio-inspired Structured Adhesives

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Abstract

This chapter covers the major reported types of manufacturing processes and resulting materials used to reproduce gecko-inspired fibrillar adhesives and similar systems that reversibly adhere based on van der Waals forces. A selection of the large number of structural and mold materials for producing these adhesives is covered, along with a comparison of relative strengths and weaknesses of each process/design from a manufacturing perspective. The challenges of scalable production and use of these adhesives for long term application are covered and suggest that silicone rubbers are most appropriate for durable high quality adhesives, and thermoplastic elastomers more suited for inexpensive, less durable or disposable products.

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Acknowledgements

I would like to acknowledge the exceptional efforts of many students who have worked with me on the development of dry adhesives over the years, including Yasong Li, Juan Pablo Diaz-Tellez, Jeff Krahn, Helia Sharif, Brendan Ferguson, Ben Bschaden, Walid Khaled, Abdul Wasay and Babak Soltannia, as well as my post-doctoral supervisor Dr. Carlo Menon who provided me my first opportunity to work in this field. Financial support from NSERC, the European Space Agency and Micralyne Inc. has all contributed to my past or current work with dry adhesives.

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    Stanislav N. Gorb

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Sameoto, D. (2017). Manufacturing Approaches and Applications for Bioinspired Dry Adhesives. In: Heepe, L., Xue, L., Gorb, S. (eds) Bio-inspired Structured Adhesives. Biologically-Inspired Systems, vol 9. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59114-8_11

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