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Boston ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) climbs brick walls using its tendril disks, which excrete a sticky substance to perform binding and attachment. While the cellular structures and adhesive substances involved have been identified for decades, their practical applicability as an adhesive has not yet been demonstrated. A Boston ivy disk‐inspired adhesive film patch system is reported in which...
In article number 1904282, Jin Woong Kim, Sang‐Yup Lee, and co‐workers report a Boston ivy disc‐inspired biomimetic strategy that enables fabrication of pressure‐mediated adhesive film patches. They demonstrate that such adhesive patches are able to structurally and chemically mimic the tendril disc of a mature Boston ivy, thus opening up a new type of biomimetic material system based on the botanical...
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