Enhanced Reversible Adhesion of Dopamine Methacrylamide-Coated Elastomer Microfibrillar Structures under Wet Conditions

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• 作者：Paul Glass ; Hoyong Chung ; Newell R. Washburn ; Metin Sitti
• 刊名：Langmuir
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：June 16, 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：25
• 期：12
• 页码：6607-6612
• 全文大小：918K
• 年卷期：v.25,no.12(June 16, 2009)
• ISSN：1520-5827

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In this work, we take previously developed gecko-foot-hair-inspired elastomer microfiber arrays with film-terminated and mushroom-shaped tips that have demonstrated enhanced adhesion with respect to unpatterned materials under dry conditions and coat them with synthetic DOPA-containing mussel-inspired polymers to enhance adhesion repeatedly in fully submerged wet environments. A new protocol for the development of this hybrid patterned, coated adhesive, which is suitable for use in contact with both wet and dry nonflat surfaces, is described. The experimental evaluation of repeatable adhesion under both wet and dry conditions for these materials is described and compared with unpatterned and/or uncoated materials. Macroscale reversible fibrillar adhesion enhancement on a nonflat, smooth glass surface when compared with unpatterned materials under fully submerged conditions is demonstrated with no suction effect.