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contact splitting: a standalone construct

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Nanotechnology

principle that dividing one contact into many finer ones raises adhesion, explaining finer attachment hairs in heavier animals such as geckos.

In nanotechnology, contact splitting refers to principle that dividing one contact into many finer ones raises adhesion, explaining finer attachment hairs in heavier animals such as geckos. This meaning comes from Arzt (2003) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[1]

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adhesion4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs attachment2 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs contact2 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

References

Arzt, E., Gorb, S., & Spolenak, R. (2003). From micro to nano contacts in biological attachment devices. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 100(19), 10603-10606. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1534701100

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