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Have you ever wanted to defy gravity and climb on walls? Scientists have developed nano-adhesives inspired by geckos\' and frogs\' toes! Tune in to the next lit update to learn more about it!

References:

Liu, Q., Tan, D., Meng, F., Yang, B., Shi, Z., Wang, X., Li, Q., Nie, C., Liu, S., Xue, L., Adhesion Enhancement of Micropillar Array by Combining the Adhesive Design from Gecko and Tree Frog. Small 2021, 17, 2005493.

Autumn, K.; Sitti, M.; Liang, Y. A.; Peattie, A. M.; Hansen, W. R.; Sponberg, S.; Kenny, T. W.; Fearing, R.; Israelachvili, J. N.; Full, R. J. Evidence for van der Waals adhesion in gecko setae. PNAS 2002, 99, 12252-12256.