As Sticky as a Gecko - but Ten Times Stronger! (10/28/2008)

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Researchers have created a gecko-inspired adhesive with ten times the stickiness of a gecko's foot, by combining vertically aligned nanotubes with curly spaghetti-like nanotubes. - Credit: Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation after Liangti Qu et al., Science 10/10/2008

Reviewed by AngelaHayden Oct 29 2008, 04:52am ( 8 reviews ) • biomimicrynews.com

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Reviewed by lrrpteam on Dec 15, 8:40pm

As Sticky as a Gecko - but Ten Times Stronger!
Rated by amateur6 on Oct 29 2008, 1:34pm

"adapted from"!? All they did was republish (i.e., "steal") the article, and crop the illustration to eliminate the NFS logo. Stumble the SOURCE, eh? http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112445&govDel=USNSF_51
Rated by murmur55 on Oct 29 2008, 5:09am

mother nature is "always right"
Rated by AngelaHayden on Oct 29 2008, 4:52am

Researchers have created a gecko-inspired adhesive with ten times the stickiness of a gecko's foot, by combining vertically aligned nanotubes with curly spaghetti-like nanotubes. - Credit: Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation after Liangti Qu et al., Science 10/10/2008
Rated by GeekAlerts on Oct 28 2008, 10:32am

From the page: "In an unprecedented feat, Liming Dai, at the University of Dayton, and colleagues report in the October 10th issue of Science successful construction of a gecko-inspired adhesive that is ten times stronger than a gecko, at about 100 newtons per square centimeter. "

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