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3D Printing of Elastomeric Bioinspired Complex Adhesive Microstructures.

Cem Balda Dayan¹, Sungwoo Chun^1,2, Nagaraj Krishna-Subbaiah¹

¹Physical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany.

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Researchers developed advanced 3D printed bioinspired adhesives using a custom elastomer. These novel structural adhesives offer controllable, reversible adhesion on diverse surfaces, overcoming limitations of traditional methods.

Keywords:

bioinspired microstructures gecko-inspired adhesives liquid super-repellency reversible adhesion two-photon polymerization

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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Biomimetics
Adhesion Science

Background:

Existing elastomeric structural adhesives face limitations in shape complexity and performance due to fabrication constraints like molding.
Bioinspired adhesives offer potential for reversible and controllable adhesion on various surfaces, including wet and biological ones.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a novel 3D fabrication approach for complex elastomeric microstructured adhesives.
To create bioinspired adhesive designs with enhanced functionalities for diverse applications.

Main Methods:

Utilized two-photon-polymerization-based 3D printing to fabricate 3D elastomeric microstructures.
Developed and employed a custom aliphatic urethane-acrylate-based elastomer as the printing material.
Designed and demonstrated two hybrid adhesive structures inspired by biological organisms.

Main Results:

Successfully fabricated complex 3D microstructured adhesives using the proposed 3D printing approach.
Demonstrated a springtail- and gecko-inspired microfiber adhesive with dual liquid super-repellency and strong reversible adhesion.
Showcased an octopus- and gecko-inspired adhesive with strong reversible adhesion on both wet and dry surfaces, including skin.

Conclusions:

The 3D printing fabrication approach overcomes limitations of traditional methods for creating complex elastomeric adhesives.
The developed custom elastomer and bioinspired designs enable advanced functionalities like multi-surface adhesion and liquid repellency.
This fabrication strategy holds significant potential for producing diverse 3D complex elastomeric structural adhesives for real-world applications.