Biology• Biological prototypes for bio-inspired adhesives• Adhesion and friction in biological attachment systemsFabrication• New routes for large-scale fabrication of bio-inspired adhesivesCharacterization• Bridging the gap: from JKR-like to conformal adhesion testingAdhesion, Friction, and Contact Mechanics• Adhesion scaling of mushroom-shaped adhesive elements• Different failure types in the adhesion of bio-inspired adhesives• Material, structural, and material property gradients in fibrillar adhesive systems• Role of viscoelasticity in bio-inspired adhesives• Friction of hexagonally patterned elastomeric filmsSwitchability• Pressure sensitive adhesion: switchable adhesion by curvature control of inflated elastic membranes• Current strategies of switchable adhesionApplications.
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