Nanoscale Adhesive, Inspired by The Gecko

Treatment of open wounds or surgical incisions by suturing can cause various side effects: infection, scarring or cracking (wound resumption). In the prototype currently under development, a new form of wound treatment combines geckos' gluing and glyco base adhesive knowledge to function as an outer and inner bandage. This gecko-based adhesive prepared by Professor Robert Langer and Professor Jeff Carp of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has flexibility, biocompatibility (without causing inflammation) and flexibility to tissue and muscle movement There (Dougherty).

With more accurate technology, scientists are constantly investigating the complex details of the gecko feet. Engineers apply these new findings to the latest inventions in emerging fields of Gecko Adhesives. NASA is looking for inspiration for geckos because they developed a better binder for the spaceship. "How about solving the problem of a binder on a spaceship?" Then answer "How about geckos, yes, since gecko's research is very practical, should you start?" "On the contrary, they borrowed from the discovery of biology and may have applied them to engineering."

This leads to another random fact. The future of the spaceship involves geckos. I am serious. For centuries, humans are amazed at the mystery of gecko feet. How do they hang upside down? How do they grab objects with such strong adhesion and relax easily? Why do not the feet leave sticky residue on the surface? With more accurate technology, scientists are constantly investigating the complex details of the gecko feet. Engineers apply these new findings to the latest inventions in emerging fields of Gecko Adhesives. NASA is looking for inspiration for geckos because they developed a better binder for the spaceship.

In order to better understand the viscous properties of the gecko, scientists have discovered new data explaining what the gecko adheres to the surface. They specialize in Tokay gecko (Gekko gecko). Researchers at the University of Berkeley have been working on discovering what kind of ground you can walk on the ground without the geckle falling or leaving any residue. The research has generated new data that will provide researchers with new ideas on adhesive technology. Researchers had to design a special micro instrument to measure the small force of small hair and bristles on the gecko's foot. They found small cushions and scrapers on the ends of these bristles. Geckos can have hundreds to thousands of these bristles on each leg. The collected data shows that the force that is the cause of the gecko's viscosity is Van der Waals forces. Being trapped on the surface is not the root of the problem