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Frontispiece: Self‐assembled Dynamic 3D Fingerprints in Liquid‐Crystal Coatings Towards Controllable Friction and Adhesion
Author(s) -
Liu Danqing,
Broer Dirk J.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201481871
Subject(s) - adhesion , robot , state (computer science) , materials science , nanotechnology , composite material , computer science , mechanical engineering , artificial intelligence , engineering , algorithm
D. Liu and D. J. Broer show in their Communication on page 4542 ff. that artificial fingerprints can be switched between a flat state and a protruding state. The resulting friction changes allow use in a robot‐like gripper.