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Bioinspired dry adhesives have attracted much attention over the last decade as they offer superior adhesion properties such as superior adhesion strength, repeatable and reversible adhesion, rough surface adaptation, self-cleaning, directional adhesion and so on. However, previous manufacturing techniques of the bioinspired dry adhesives based on lithographic approaches such as photolithography or e-beam lithography require expensive, sophisticated, and non-environment friendly process and materials, which significantly limits the scalable production and commercialization of bioinspired dry adhesives. In this communication, we present a new manufacturing techniques based on automated CNC machining and replica molding, which enable simple, scalable and environment-friendly fabrication of bioinspired dry adhesives. Our suggested manufacturing process will accelerate the wide-spread use and commercialization of biomimetic smart dry adhesives. |
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