On the mechanism of adhesion in biological systems

作者：B. N. J. Persson · 发表于：The Journal of Chemical Physics · 年份：2003 · DOI：10.1063/1.1562192 · 被引用次数：374 · 研究领域：Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions、Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity、Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications

I study adhesion relevant to biological systems, e.g., flies, crickets and lizards, where the adhesive microstructures consist of arrays of thin fibers. The effective elastic modulus of the fiber arrays can be very small which is of fundamental importance for adhesion on smooth and rough substrates. I study how the adhesion depend on the substrate roughness amplitude and apply the theoretical results to lizards.