Biological and bioinspired adhesion and friction

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Editors: Prof. Stanislav N. Gorb, Christians-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
and Prof. Kerstin Koch, Hochschule Rhein-Waal
 
Physical phenomena such as adhesion and friction are widelyspread in biological systems. They rely on a combination of various mechanisms. Since living creatures move on land, in air and in water, there are numerous mechanical interactions between their body surfaces and the environment. Moreover, the motion of cells and tissues inside their bodies is an important part of developmental processes, circulation, respiration, excretion, and any other kind of motility. All these processes rely on adhesion and friction and are continuously under evolutionary pressure, which has contributed to the appearance of highly-specialized surfaces adapted to the enhancement, reduction, or optimization of their frictional and adhesive behavior. The study of these adaptations may also provide inspirations for the design of biologically-inspired artificial surfaces. This Thematic Series is a collection of experimental and theoretical studies which range from insect adhesion, bacterial adhesion and skin friction to artificial biomimetic systems, e.g., snake-skin inspired polymer patterns or gecko tape.

See also the Thematic Series:
Biological and biomimetic materials and surfaces
Biomimetic materials

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From sticky to slippery: Biological and biologically-inspired adhesion and friction

  • Stanislav N. Gorb and
  • Kerstin Koch

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1450–1451, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.157

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Published 03 Sep 2014

Friction behavior of a microstructured polymer surface inspired by snake skin

  • Martina J. Baum,
  • Lars Heepe and
  • Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 83–97, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.8

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Published 24 Jan 2014

Hairy suckers: the surface microstructure and its possible functional significance in the Octopus vulgaris sucker

  • Francesca Tramacere,
  • Esther Appel,
  • Barbara Mazzolai and
  • Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 561–565, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.66

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Published 02 May 2014

The surface microstructure of cusps and leaflets in rabbit and mouse heart valves

  • Xia Ye,
  • Bharat Bhushan,
  • Ming Zhou and
  • Weining Lei

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 622–629, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.73

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Published 13 May 2014

The optimal shape of elastomer mushroom-like fibers for high and robust adhesion

  • Burak Aksak,
  • Korhan Sahin and
  • Metin Sitti

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 630–638, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.74

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Published 14 May 2014

Fibrillar adhesion with no clusterisation: Functional significance of material gradient along adhesive setae of insects

  • Stanislav N. Gorb and
  • Alexander E. Filippov

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 837–845, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.95

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Published 12 Jun 2014

Controlling mechanical properties of bio-inspired hydrogels by modulating nano-scale, inter-polymeric junctions

  • Seonki Hong,
  • Hyukjin Lee and
  • Haeshin Lee

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 887–894, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.101

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Published 23 Jun 2014

Direct observation of microcavitation in underwater adhesion of mushroom-shaped adhesive microstructure

  • Lars Heepe,
  • Alexander E. Kovalev and
  • Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 903–909, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.103

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Published 25 Jun 2014

Molecular biology approaches in bioadhesion research

  • Marcelo Rodrigues,
  • Birgit Lengerer,
  • Thomas Ostermann and
  • Peter Ladurner

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 983–993, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.112

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Published 08 Jul 2014

Insect attachment on crystalline bioinspired wax surfaces formed by alkanes of varying chain lengths

  • Elena Gorb,
  • Sandro Böhm,
  • Nadine Jacky,
  • Louis-Philippe Maier,
  • Kirstin Dening,
  • Sasha Pechook,
  • Boaz Pokroy and
  • Stanislav Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1031–1041, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.116

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Published 14 Jul 2014

Dry friction of microstructured polymer surfaces inspired by snake skin

  • Martina J. Baum,
  • Lars Heepe,
  • Elena Fadeeva and
  • Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1091–1103, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.122

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Published 21 Jul 2014

Physical principles of fluid-mediated insect attachment - Shouldn’t insects slip?

  • Jan-Henning Dirks

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1160–1166, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.127

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Published 28 Jul 2014

Model systems for studying cell adhesion and biomimetic actin networks

  • Dorothea Brüggemann,
  • Johannes P. Frohnmayer and
  • Joachim P. Spatz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1193–1202, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.131

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Published 01 Aug 2014

Surface topography and contact mechanics of dry and wet human skin

  • Alexander E. Kovalev,
  • Kirstin Dening,
  • Bo N. J. Persson and
  • Stanislav N. Gorb

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1341–1348, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.147

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Published 22 Aug 2014

Influence of the PDMS substrate stiffness on the adhesion of Acanthamoeba castellanii

  • Sören B. Gutekunst,
  • Carsten Grabosch,
  • Alexander Kovalev,
  • Stanislav N. Gorb and
  • Christine Selhuber-Unkel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1393–1398, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.152

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Published 28 Aug 2014

Hydrophobic interaction governs unspecific adhesion of staphylococci: a single cell force spectroscopy study

  • Nicolas Thewes,
  • Peter Loskill,
  • Philipp Jung,
  • Henrik Peisker,
  • Markus Bischoff,
  • Mathias Herrmann and
  • Karin Jacobs

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1501–1512, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.163

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Published 10 Sep 2014

Equilibrium states and stability of pre-tensioned adhesive tapes

  • Carmine Putignano,
  • Luciano Afferrante,
  • Luigi Mangialardi and
  • Giuseppe Carbone

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1725–1731, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.182

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Published 07 Oct 2014

Aquatic versus terrestrial attachment: Water makes a difference

  • Petra Ditsche and
  • Adam P. Summers

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 2424–2439, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.252

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Published 17 Dec 2014

The capillary adhesion technique: a versatile method for determining the liquid adhesion force and sample stiffness

  • Daniel Gandyra,
  • Stefan Walheim,
  • Stanislav Gorb,
  • Wilhelm Barthlott and
  • Thomas Schimmel

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 11–18, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.2

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Published 02 Jan 2015
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