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Cover Picture: Fabrication of Hairy Polymeric Films Inspired by Geckos: Wetting and High Adhesion Properties (Adv. Funct. Mater. 7/2008)
Author(s) -
Cho Woo Kyung,
Choi Insung S.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.200890027
Subject(s) - gecko , materials science , fabrication , wetting , adhesion , nanotechnology , cover (algebra) , polymer science , composite material , mechanical engineering , biology , medicine , ecology , alternative medicine , pathology , engineering
Insung Choi and Woo Kyung Cho report on page 1089 on the fabrication of a nanostructured, “sticky” superhydrophobic surface inspired by the structure of the gecko's foot. A non‐wetting water droplet does not slide even when the surface is tilted vertically. The picture of the gecko is courtesy of Professor Kellar Autumn and Steve Scherf, and the cover was designed by Yang.