Gecko’s foot

The greater the surface area the greater the number of induced dipole-induced dipole forces of attraction that can occur between the gecko s foot and the surface, such as the underside of a leaf or a wall or ceiling. 

Alexander RM (2005) Book Reviewed The gecko s foot. Bio-inspiration engineered from nature (Peter Eorbes Hardback book, 272 p, ISBN 0007179901, Class number 620.0042) Nature 438(7065) 166-166... 

The ability of the Tokay gecko to climb on walls and ceilings is dne to the dispersion forces between the tiny hairs on the gecko s foot and the snrface. 

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Forbes, P. The Gecko s Foot Bio-inspiration Engineering New Materials from Nature, W. W. Norton and Company Publishers, New York, 2005. 

Autumn, K., Liang, Y. A., Hsieh, S. T., et al. (2000). Adhesive force of a single gecko foot-hair. Nature 405 681-685. 

A. K. Geim, S. V. Dubonos, I. V. Grigorieva, K. S. Novoselov, A. A. Zhukov and S. Yu. Shapoval, Microfabricated Adhesive Mimicking Gecko Foot-Hair, Nature Materials,... 

Yi, D.K., Ng, W.S., Neuzil, P., and Sun, W. (2007) Self-assembled nanopartides based fabrication of gecko foot-hair-inspired polymer nanofibers. Adv. Func. Mater., 17 (13), 2211-2218. 

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