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Shear induced adhesion: contact mechanics of biological spatula-like attachment devices

Alexander Filippov1, Valentin L Popov, Stanislav N Gorb

  • 1Donetsk Institute for Physics and Engineering, National Academy of Science, Ukraine.

Journal of Theoretical Biology
|February 8, 2011
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