Funding to Stanislav N.Gorb by the grant GO 995/34-2 within the SPP 2100 Soft Material Robotics from the German Science Foundation(DFG)is acknowledged.
In the course of their evolution,insects developed diverse supplementary structures on their legs to enable them to grip a variety of substrata.Sufficient grip is required to generate propulsive forces by friction or/...
supported financially by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52102115);the High-end Foreign Expert Recruitment Plan of China(No.G2023036002L);the Basalt Fiber and Composite Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province,China(No.XXKFJJ202308);Shock and Vibration of Engineering Materials and Structures Key Lab of Sichuan Province,China(No.23kfgk06).
The high-performance Basalt Fiber Reinforced Polymer(BFRP)composites have been prepared by guiding Micro/Nano Short Aramid Fiber(MNSAF)into the interlayer to improve the resin-rich region and the interfacial transitio...
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Acknowledgment This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51375232) and Key Plan of Research and Development of Jiangsu Province (BE2017766).
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