The capillary adhesion technique: a versatile method for determining the liquid adhesion force and sample stiffness

We report a novel, practical technique for the concerted, simultaneous determination of both the adhesion force of a small structure or structural unit (e.g., an individual filament, hair, micromechanical component or microsensor) to a liquid and its elastic properties. The method involves the creat...

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Main Authors: Daniel Gandyra, Stefan Walheim, Stanislav Gorb, Wilhelm Barthlott, Thomas Schimmel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Beilstein-Institut 2015-01-01
Series:Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.6.2