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Spiders Give Nanotech Inspiration To Scientists - New Technology

A team of scientists have used a scanning electron microscope to make a detailed examination of the foot of a jumping spider that could lead to Post-it® notes that still stick even if wet and greasy...

http://www.azonano.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=814 | 6 May 2004
Nano-Hairs on Gecko Toes Reveal New Insights into Fundamental Nature of Friction and Adhesion

Whether it's driving on icy roads, rock climbing, or getting a better grip on a bat, the science of friction and adhesion plays a role-large and small-in many human activities. In a new...

http://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?newsID=11888 | 4 Jun 2009
Nanotechnology Related Analytical Techniques Point the Way to Better Apples

A UK scientist has discovered clumps of previously-unreported callus hairs growing in the flesh of mature apples of Fuji and closely-related varieties, which may have storage implications...

http://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?newsID=6150 | 26 Mar 2008
Engineers Create Water Repellent Flat Surface That Relies Entirely on Microscopic Shape

Engineering researchers have crafted a flat surface that refuses to get wet. Water droplets skitter across it like ball bearings tossed on ice. The inspiration? Not wax. Not glass. Not even...

http://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?newsID=16164 | 25 Feb 2010
Researchers Produce Fluorescent Gold Nanoparticles Inside Human Hair

In a discovery with applications ranging from hair dyeing to electronic sensors to development of materials with improved properties, scientists are reporting the first synthesis of gold nanoparticles...

http://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?newsID=26126 | 7 Dec 2012
Researchers Devise Nano-Velcro to Detect and Trap Mercury in Water Bodies

By Gary Thomas Mercury is one of the toxic ingredients present in effluent discharge from industries which when dumped into water bodies, finds its way into marine life like fish and finally ends up...

http://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?newsID=25528 | 11 Sep 2012
Synthetic Adhesive Mimics Sticking Powers of Gecko and Mussel

Geckos are remarkable in their ability to scurry up vertical surfaces and even move along upside down. Their feet stick but only temporarily, coming off of surfaces again and again like a sticky...

http://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?newsID=4501 | 19 Jul 2007
Breakthrough in Developing Climbing Robot

A Stanford mechanical engineer is using the biology of a gecko's sticky foot to create a robot that climbs. In the same way the small reptile can scale a wall of slick glass, the Stickybot can climb...

http://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?newsID=19230 | 27 Aug 2010
The March Towards Creating a Synthetic Gecko-Like Adhesive, One Sticky Step at a Time

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are continuing their march toward creating a synthetic, gecko-like adhesive, one sticky step at a time. Their latest milestone is the...

http://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?newsID=7558 | 10 Sep 2008
Carbon Nanotube-Based Material Creating Directionally-Varied Adhesive Force

The race for the best "gecko foot" dry adhesive got a new competitor this week with a stronger and more practical material reported in the journal Science by a team of researchers...

http://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?newsID=8050 | 10 Oct 2008

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