supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61175105 and 61161120323);the Doctoral Fund of Ministry of Education of China(20123218110031);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(CXZZ11_0198 and BCXJ10_10)
Tokay geckos are skillful climbers and are able to negotiate difficult terrain such as steep slopes and overhanging inclines without losing their foothold. Here,we present data on the changes in locomotor kinematics w...
Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank Mr Y. J. Xue for his help with the SEM measurements, Miss H. H. Zhao for her help in fabricating the graphene sheets, and Mr. X. D Sun for his help in measuring the elastic moduli of tile NPWC and NPWOC materials. This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51175251, 51275237 and 61161120323), by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. BK2011734), by the Funding for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in NUAA (Grant No. BCXJ11-06), by the Funding of Jiangsu Innovation Program for Graduate Education (Grant No. CXLX11_0178), and by the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities.
Materials with appropriate adhesive properties are suitable for the fabrication of bionic adhesive pads. In this study, a novel polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) material enhanced with two types of crosslinkers, carbon na...