A hybrid adhesive structure consisting of an array of elastic biomimetic micropillars and a thin viscoelastic terminal film was designed and fabricated. A remarkable adhesion enhancement and a crack propagation modulation were observed, indicating a synergistic effect between the elastic fibrillar structures and the viscoelastic terminal film.
H. Shahsavan and B. Zhao, Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 8281 DOI: 10.1039/C2SM25795E
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