Thursday 17 November 2016

Dry adhesive holds in extreme cold, strengthens in extreme heat

A new dry adhesive has been created that bonds in extreme temperatures—a quality that could make the product ideal for space exploration and beyond. The gecko-inspired adhesive loses no traction in temperatures as cold as liquid nitrogen or as hot as molten silver, and actually gets stickier as heat increases, the researchers report.

from Engineering and Construction News – ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161116102807.htm



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