does anybody know any god articles about how gecko toepads actually works
You should also check out Kellar Autumn and co's research. They worked out the adhesive force of a single gecko foot hair (seta) and found that they are incredibly powerful; if you covered one side of a dime with setae it could hold a weight of 20 kilos! They are looking to develop adhesives based on gecko setae that could lead to sticky-tapes that work underwater and in a vacuum (e.g. in space).
Kellar's website is:
http://www.lclark.edu/~autumn/dept/index.html
Michael
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Michael Kearney
School of Biological Sciences
Building A08
University of Sydney
NSW, AUSTRALIA, 2006
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ph + 61 2 9351 7661
fax + 61 2 9351 5609
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