摘要
Motivated by the recent biomimic design of microstructured adhesive surfaces,we study adhesion between a film-terminated fibrillar array and a rigid substrate.Using a two-dimensional model and ignoring the deformation of the fibers and the backing layer,we show that the adhesion behavior is dominated by a dimensionless parameter reflecting the global flexibility of the terminal film.In particular,if the parameter is larger than 0.4,the adhesion is reversible;otherwise one or more hysteresis loops will appear after an approach-retraction cycle,leading to significant increase in the specific separation work.The result is expected to help not only optimal design of the structure,but also other applications such as micro-manipulation in micromechanical systems.
Motivated by the recent biomimic design of microstructured adhesive surfaces,we study adhesion between a film-terminated fibrillar array and a rigid substrate.Using a two-dimensional model and ignoring the deformation of the fibers and the backing layer,we show that the adhesion behavior is dominated by a dimensionless parameter reflecting the global flexibility of the terminal film.In particular,if the parameter is larger than 0.4,the adhesion is reversible;otherwise one or more hysteresis loops will appear after an approach-retraction cycle,leading to significant increase in the specific separation work.The result is expected to help not only optimal design of the structure,but also other applications such as micro-manipulation in micromechanical systems.
基金
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2011CB302101)
PhD Programs Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China (Grant No. 20113402110005)
