Affiliation:
1. Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
2. Institute of Bio-Inspired Structure and Surface Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
3. Kiel University
4. Nanyang technological university
Abstract
Abstract
Adhesive materials have many potential applications for daily life such as soft robotics, wearable devices and transfer printing, however the robust and reversible adhesion, especially under extreme environments including space and polar environment, has rarely been studied and poses an inevitable challenge. We report a new design rule to fabricate an adhesive structure, which possesses the two orders of highest adhesive strength at -100 ℃, excellent reversible adhesion under thermal cycling (from − 100 to 100 ℃) and on ultra-low temperature ice surface (-98.5 ℃). We believe that this new strategy will have wide applications not limited to extreme environments to deploy space exploration and glacier rescue.
Publisher
Research Square Platform LLC
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