MEAM PHD Thesis Defense: “Control of Dry Adhesion via Mechanics and Structuring”
Zoom - Email MEAM for Link peterlit@seas.upenn.eduDry adhesives that rely on van der Waals forces have a number of applications due to their versatility, reusability, and repeatability. Applications include small-scale pick-and-place and microtransfer printing processes, wearable sensors, climbing/perching robots, and robotic gripping. However, van der Waals forces are macroscopically short-range and are the weakest of the interatomic forces, so careful mechanical […]