Abstract
We present a simple method for fabricating robust dry adhesives by coating a soft polydimethyl siloxane (PDMS) thin layer on rigid backbone micropillars of polyurethane acrylate (PUA). These core-shell type micropillars demonstrated enhanced durability both in normal and shear adhesion over more than 100 cycles of attachment and detachment. Relatively strong normal (∼11.4 N cm -2) and shear (∼15.3 N cm-2) adhesion forces were observed, which were similar to or even larger than those of homogeneous PDMS micropillars. A simple theoretical model based on beam deflection theory was used to explain the experimental results.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1422-1427 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Soft Matter |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| State | Published - 7 Feb 2013 |