Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Concept Videos

Adhesion01:14

Adhesion

44.6K
Adhesion occurs when one type of molecule is attracted to a different molecule. Water exhibits adhesive properties in the presence of polar surfaces, such as glass or cellulose in plants. For instance, when water is poured into a glass, the positively charged hydrogen molecules of water are more attracted to the negatively charged oxygen molecules in the silica than to the oxygen in neighboring water molecules.
Capillary action is a result of water’s adhesive tendencies. When a narrow...
44.6K
Electrostatic Boundary Conditions01:16

Electrostatic Boundary Conditions

978
Consider an external electric field propagating through a homogeneous medium. When the electric field crosses the surface boundary of the medium, it undergoes a discontinuity. The electric field can be resolved into normal and tangential components. The amount by which the field changes at any boundary is given by the difference between the field components above and below the surface boundary.
The surface integral of an electric field is given by Gauss's law in integral form and is related to...
978
Cleaning, Sterilization, and Disinfection01:30

Cleaning, Sterilization, and Disinfection

10.5K
Cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization are the methods that help to break the infection chain and prevent disease.
Cleaning
The cleaning process usually involves using water with detergents or enzymatic cleaner and removing foreign material from objects and surfaces, including organic material such as body fluids or inorganic material like soil. Cleaning is performed before high-level disinfection and sterilization because foreign materials on the cover of the devices interfere with process...
10.5K
Electrostatic Boundary Conditions in Dielectrics01:27

Electrostatic Boundary Conditions in Dielectrics

1.9K
When an electric field passes from one homogeneous medium to another, crossing the boundary between the two mediums imparts a discontinuity in the electric field. This results in electrostatic boundary conditions that depend on the type of mediums the field propagates through.
Consider a case where both the mediums across a boundary are two different dielectric materials. Recall that the electric field and electric displacement are proportional and related through the material's permittivity....
1.9K
Cell Adhesion in Plants01:14

Cell Adhesion in Plants

3.4K
Plants have rigid cell walls that are made up of cell wall polysaccharides that mediate cell-cell adhesion. The primary cell walls of plants consist of two independent and interacting polysaccharide networks: a pectin matrix that embeds the second network comprising cellulose and hemicelluloses.
Pectins are complex heteropolymers mainly composed of negatively-charged α-D-glucopyranosyl uronic acid and some neutral glycosyl residues such as α-L-rhamnopyranose, α-L-arabinofuranose,...
3.4K
Immunoglobulin-like Cell Adhesion Molecules01:31

Immunoglobulin-like Cell Adhesion Molecules

4.4K
Immunoglobulin-like cell adhesion molecules or Ig-CAMs are a versatile group of cell surface glycoproteins belonging to the immunoglobulin protein superfamily. Ig-CAMs possess the characteristic immunoglobulin protein domains and other domains such as the fibronectin type III domain. The Ig domains are glycosylated to varying degrees in different Ig-CAMs.
Ig-CAMs exhibit either homophilic binding (to other Ig-CAMs) or heterophilic binding (to other ligands such as integrins). While most Ig-CAMs...
4.4K

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Experimental extraction of Young's modulus of MCF-7 tissue using atomic force microscopy and the spherical contact models.

European biophysics journal : EBJ·2023
Same author

Evaluation of Material Properties for Practical Microstructured Adhesives: Low Dust Adhesion and High Shear Strength.

ACS applied materials & interfaces·2019
Same author

Understanding the influence of silicone elastomer properties on wedge-shaped microstructured dry adhesives loaded in shear.

Journal of the Royal Society, Interface·2018
Same author

A Predictive Framework to Elucidate Venous Stenosis: CFD & Shape Optimization.

Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering·2017
Same author

Are Non-Newtonian Effects Important in Hemodynamic Simulations of Patients With Autogenous Fistula?

Journal of biomechanical engineering·2017
Same author

Increased Inlet Blood Flow Velocity Predicts Low Wall Shear Stress in the Cephalic Arch of Patients with Brachiocephalic Fistula Access.

PloS one·2016

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Feb 11, 2026

Electrostatic Method to Remove Particulate Organic Matter from Soil
04:40

Electrostatic Method to Remove Particulate Organic Matter from Soil

Published on: February 10, 2021

5.3K

Electrostatic self-cleaning gecko-like adhesives.

Vahid Alizadehyazdi1, Mehdi Modabberifar2, S M Javid Mahmoudzadeh Akherat3

  • 1Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616, USA valizadehyazdi@hawk.iit.edu.

Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
|April 27, 2018
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

This study introduces an electrostatic cleaning method to remove dust particles from gecko-like adhesives. Optimized electrostatic repulsion achieved up to 70% efficiency in removing glass beads and recovered 25% shear stress on contaminated adhesives.

Keywords:
dust mitigationelectrostatic forcegecko-like adhesivesself-cleaning

More Related Videos

Manufacturing, Control, and Performance Evaluation of a Gecko-Inspired Soft Robot
07:40

Manufacturing, Control, and Performance Evaluation of a Gecko-Inspired Soft Robot

Published on: June 10, 2020

16.1K
Proper Care and Cleaning of the Microscope
04:57

Proper Care and Cleaning of the Microscope

Published on: August 11, 2008

45.4K

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Feb 11, 2026

Electrostatic Method to Remove Particulate Organic Matter from Soil
04:40

Electrostatic Method to Remove Particulate Organic Matter from Soil

Published on: February 10, 2021

5.3K
Manufacturing, Control, and Performance Evaluation of a Gecko-Inspired Soft Robot
07:40

Manufacturing, Control, and Performance Evaluation of a Gecko-Inspired Soft Robot

Published on: June 10, 2020

16.1K
Proper Care and Cleaning of the Microscope
04:57

Proper Care and Cleaning of the Microscope

Published on: August 11, 2008

45.4K

Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Surface Science
  • Tribology

Background:

  • Dust contamination significantly degrades the adhesion and reliability of gecko-like adhesives.
  • Current cleaning methods often involve physical contact, which can damage delicate fibrillar structures.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate a non-destructive, non-contact electrostatic cleaning method for gecko-like adhesives.
  • To investigate the effectiveness of electrostatic particle repulsion on contaminated adhesives.

Main Methods:

  • Experimental analysis of 100 μm glass bead repulsion using an electrostatic element integrated with gecko-like adhesives.
  • Systematic variation of electrostatic parameters: wave shape, frequency, phase number, and electrode orientation.
  • Measurement of adhesion recovery (shear stress) after electrostatic cleaning of contaminated adhesives.

Main Results:

  • A two-phase square wave at low frequencies demonstrated up to 70% efficiency in removing 100 μm glass beads from directional gecko-like adhesives.
  • Optimized electrostatic cleaning recovered approximately 25% of the shear stress on contaminated gecko-like adhesives tested on rough glass surfaces.

Conclusions:

  • Electrostatic repulsion offers a viable non-contact cleaning strategy for gecko-like adhesives, preserving their structural integrity.
  • This method effectively mitigates dust-induced performance degradation, enhancing adhesive reliability and reusability.