Gecko-inspired carbon nanotube-based self-cleaning adhesives

Sunny Sethi; Liehui Ge; Lijie Ci; P. M. Ajayan; Ali Dhinojwala

doi:10.1021/nl0727765

Gecko-inspired carbon nanotube-based self-cleaning adhesives

Sunny Sethi
, Liehui Ge
, Lijie Ci
, P. M. Ajayan
, Ali Dhinojwala^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of Akron
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Abstract

The design of reversible adhesives requires both stickiness and the ability to remain clean from dust and other contaminants. Inspired by gecko feet, we demonstrate the self-cleaning ability of carbon nanotube-based flexible gecko tapes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	822-825
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nano Letters
Volume	8
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nl0727765
State	Published - Mar 2008
Externally published	Yes

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