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Whole animal measurements of shear and adhesive forces in adult tree frogs: insights into underlying mechanisms of adhesion obtained from studying the effects of size and scale

W. Jon. P. Barnes, Christine Oines, Joanna M. Smith

Journal of Comparative Physiology A · 2006 · 102 citations · 29 references

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Surface energy and the contact of elastic solids

Kenneth L. Johnson, Kevin Kendall, A. D. Roberts · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1971 · 7.9K citations

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Evidence for van der Waals adhesion in gecko setae

Kellar Autumn, Metin Sitti, Yiching A. Liang et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2002 · 1.9K citations

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<i>Sliding Friction: Physical Principles and Applications</i>

B. N. J. Persson, Nicholas D. Spencer · Physics Today · 1999 · 938 citations

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Evidence for capillarity contributions to gecko adhesion from single spatula nanomechanical measurements

Gerrit Huber, Hubert Mantz, Ralph Spolenak et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2005 · 648 citations · Full text

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The science of adhesive joints

Wear · 1962 · 470 citations

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