Secrets of nanohair adhesion un-peeled by UA polymer scientists
Friday, November 19, 2010 - 11:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Not long after Dr. Ali Dhinojwala, chairman of The University of Akron Department of Polymer Science, unpeeled the secret (fine, clingy hairs) behind the remarkable adhesion of gecko feet, he and fellow researchers came up with a synthetic replica: carbon nanotubes. Now, five years after that initial discovery, the basis of the success of these nanotubes is published in the Oct. 12, 2010, issue of the American Chemical Societys Nano Letters.