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News Release 08-179
As Sticky as a Gecko ... but Ten Times Stronger!
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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
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The October 10, 2008 issue of Science magazine.
Credit: Copyright 2008 AAAS
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