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Micrometer‐Scale Tensile Testing of Biological Attachment Devices
Author(s) -
Orso S.,
Wegst U. G. K.,
Eberl C.,
Arzt E.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200501807
Subject(s) - materials science , micrometer , nanotechnology , carbon nanotube , bending , spider silk , composite material , silk , ultimate tensile strength , biological materials , tensile testing , optics , biomedical engineering , medicine , physics
Using a focused ion beam system as an in situ laboratory for sample preparation, fixation, and testing at the micrometer scale, the mechanical properties of microscopic biological and technical samples can be measured in tension, bending, and compression. Samples such as individual hairs of the brush‐like attachment systems of insects and geckos (see figure), natural and biomimetic spider silk, and carbon nanotubes can be measured with this method.