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April 30, 2010
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Gecko-inspired Adhesive
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.
This image accompanied NSF press release, "As Sticky as a Gecko ... but Ten Times Stronger!"
Credit: Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation after Liangti Qu et al., Science 10/10/2008
Images and other media in the National Science Foundation Multimedia Gallery are available for use in print and electronic material by NSF employees, members of the media, university staff, teachers and the general public. All media in the gallery are intended for personal, educational and nonprofit/non-commercial use only.
Images credited to the National Science Foundation, a federal agency, are in the public domain. The images were created by employees of the United States Government as part of their official duties or prepared by contractors as "works for hire" for NSF. You may freely use NSF-credited images and, at your discretion, credit NSF with a "Courtesy: National Science Foundation" notation.
Additional information about general usage can be found in Conditions.
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