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Gecko adhesion: a molecular-simulation perspective on the effect of humidity

Published:2022 Issue:6 Volume:18 Page:1247-1263
ISSN:1744-683X
Container-title:Soft Matter
language:en
Short-container-title:Soft Matter

Author:

Materzok Tobias¹^ORCID,Gorb Stanislav²,Müller-Plathe Florian¹

Affiliation:

1. Eduard-Zintl-Institut für Anorganische und Physikalische Chemie and Profile Area Thermofluids and Interfaces, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Alarich-Weiss-Str. 8, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany

2. Zoological Institute Functional Morphology and Biomechanics, Kiel University, Am Botanischen Garten 1-9, D-24118 Kiel, Germany

Abstract

Neither the change of the elastic properties of gecko keratin nor capillary forces can solely explain the increased pull-off forces of wet gecko keratin. We find that water density is raised locally and that this increase in local water density smoothes the spatula interface.

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Condensed Matter Physics,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2022/SM/D1SM01232K

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