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![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106143849im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) Press Release 08-179 As Sticky as a Gecko ... but Ten Times Stronger!
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Researchers have created a gecko-inspired adhesive with ten times the stickiness of a gecko's foot, by combining vertically aligned nanotubes with curly spaghetti-like nanotubes.
Credit: Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation after Liangti Qu et al., Science 10/10/2008 |
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The October 10, 2008 issue of Science magazine.
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