The current work can help the design of robust adhesives by rationally harnessing the desired mode of instabilities while suppressing the other modes.
These instabilities are of great concern in the design of robust adhesives, since they not only initiate severe local deformations in adhesive layers but also cause non-monotonic overall stress vs. stretch relations of the layers.
Besides fabrication and characterization of bioinspired adhesives with high and robust adhesion and adhesion control using "passive" peeling or shearing, the control of adhesion by an external stimulus has been studied and improved to obtain switchable adhesives even in extreme environments like outer space.
From the viewpoint of energy minimization, a new criterion was proposed to design the height of the pillar for achieving a stable and robust anti-adhesive drop state.
Easy-removal skin adhesives require a robust reversible adhesion.
The purpose of the present study was to develop guidance toward rational choice of blenders and processing conditions to make robust and high performing adhesive mixtures for dry-powder inhalers and to develop quantitative experimental approaches for optimizing the process.
Details of the statistical experimental design techniques used to prepare a robust, water-based, corrosion-inhibiting, adhesive primer of low toxicity are given and the results are used to illustrate the efficacy of the approach to both manufacture and performance of the end product.
Distinct primary structures defined by homologous domains shed light on how barnacles use low complexity in nanofibers to enable adhesion, and serves as a starting point for unraveling the molecular architecture of a robust and unique class of adhesive nanostructures.
However, given ROCK's particular roles in promoting both pro-adhesive and anti-adhesive pathways through effects on MLCK and Rho, respectively, the lack of a robust directional effect on cell adhesion may be due to complex compensatory mechanisms in these pathways.
